Special Olympics 2003 Host Town signs still up.

Fr Tod Umptious

Passing through Newcastle West lately and I see that the Special Olympics Host Town sign is still up, 12 years after the event.

Is it not time to take it down ?

Cahersiveen is the same.

Anyone know of others ?

wp_rathead

I rather like them

Samsgirl

There was one in Pallas Green, Co
Limerick for a long time. Think it's still there.

micraX

One on the way into skerries

conorh91

Why? It's a nice memory of something great we did as a country. I'd be in no rush to remove them. I quite like them.

ColeTrain

Last weekend I noticed one driving through Castlerea. I wasn't surprised.

kneemos

It's for the tourists probably.

Mint Aero

West Limerick is a backward forgotten hole.

ednwireland

Manorhamilton leitrim is still up

Guy:Incognito

There are orange signs at 2 roads coming in to clondalkin village says that HGVs will be banned from the village in Jan (iirc, must look again) 2001

I could live with the Special Olympics ones

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What's the harm?

Archeron

I like them a lot, my towns is still up. I like to drive around the country and see the names of all the competing countries. I've also never seen one in less than excellent condition so I guess a lot of people are proud of them.

BoJack Horseman

Pretty sure the Arklow host town sign is still on the north side of the town.

Roads in general have too many signs, too many are redundant ones.

Along with these, any thank you cards to the 'National development plan' at the start of bypasses & motorways need to go.

McCreevy's NDP was 15 years ago!

Nothing wrong with old signs being left up, as long as they don't give false information like Baile thoin is straight ahead when the road has been rebuilt and now goes into a cul de sac.
I'd be more concerned about the warning signs that have fallen down and have not been replaced!

cena

It is part of Irelands History

syklops

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Passing through Newcastle West lately and I see that the Special Olympics Host Town sign is still up, 12 years after the event.

Is it not time to take it down ?

Cahersiveen is the same.

Anyone know of others ?

Well we spent this years "putting up signs and taking them down" budget on all those millions of "Wild Atlantic Way" signs. Like you could miss where the Atlantic is.

Maybe next year we can take the Special Olympic ones down. Plus all those Road Flooded signs that are still up since the great flood of 2009.

Still see plenty of signs up that illegal dumping will cost you £1500 or whatever in some country areas. It would be interesting if someone was caught would it be legal to fine them the equivalent euro amount for dumping.