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THEY’ VE become a fixture on every telephone mast and lamppost around the county but at least one group are hoping that election posters will be swiftly and tidily removed once vot- ing ends on June 5.
Members of Ennis Tidy Towns committee will be out and about after polling day to make sure that candidates are keeping their promise to remove posters in a responsible eR ebe IF
‘Posters are part and parcel of any elections and they are something we have to put up with it,” said Marga- ret Neylon of the Ennis Tidy Towns Committee.
‘Mostly people are very responsible when it comes to taking them down. We seem to have got over a curve in Ireland, whereas before posters were just left down on the ground. There
has been a definite decrease in litter being thrown out of cars, things like that. But we will be on the ball after the election.”
Ennis Town Council has sought to introduce a code of practice for pos- tering with regards to poster size, bi- odegradability of posters and poster Hoe
Ms Neylon praised the council’s approach and said she was confident that candidates would honour their commitments to remove posters af- ter the election.
Tidy Towns judges are expected to visit Ennis in June. Ennis is once again competing in the large urban centre category and will be hoping to retain its gold medal status.
“We’ve just sent off the application and we are competing in a lot of ar- eas away from the main categories like sustainability and biodiversity,” added Ms McInerney.