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DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL will tonight discuss a motion banning election posters from council property – a move that would effectively end the practice across whole swathes of the capital.
Two weeks ago, South Dublin County councillors unanimously asked the council’s environment committee to look at restricting posters to certain areas in the council area, which includes the suburbs of Clondalkin, Lucan, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Terenure and Templeogue in the capital.
Tonight Dublin City Council, the country’s largest local authority, will vote on banning election posters from council property at a special council meeting.
The proposed measure would allow DCC to designate areas “such as village centres or shopping precincts” for postering.
Anachronistic
The motion is being forwarded by Cllr Paddy Smyth, who told TheJournal.ie that the posters are already banned from ESB poles.
“After having been involved in a local election, you only realise how expensive, futile and utterly pointless these things are when you have print and erect them all.
They’re incredibly anachronistic, and part of an old age of politics, when people would plaster their face on a bit of cardboard.
We’ve come a long way – we’ve social media, websites, and the fact we still put up mini-billboards everywhere just seems crazy.
“Some politicians have tried not to do it in the past, but they’ve paid for it.”
O’Devaney Gardens
Smyth, who previously called for new Luas trams to be automated, said there are some misgivings as to whether the council can legally bring in by-laws effectively suspending national legislation.
Others contend that it’s only during a council election that people take notice of local politics.
I say to that if local councillors only engage people in the three weeks when we litter the whole city, then we really need to up our game.
“I’m heartened that SDCC unanimously supported their measure, so I’d be interested to see if there is much cross-party support for this motion.”
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I would prefer not to see faces of people who are not worthy to run our Country, so hopefully they will pass it.
Hopefully it will set a trend. North county Dublin next please.
Doubt they will be banned!, a politician probably owns a big printing company
Renua cllr in Dublin South West does.
The elimination of posters and the potential to see photographic imagery of that duplicitous pig Pascal Donohoe is very welcome .
Have you considered going into politics yourself? I feel you could go far with that statesmanlike bearing and your Hollywood cheekbones
CBI
And don’t forget the makeup!
They are all duplicitous pigs. Take for example the poster of the Independent mentioned above. Not your best-looking poster boy in the chamber, but a fairly good example of how not to be duplicitous when working for votes, but incapacity looms when trying to get work done and earn what income he’s allowed and permitted. He has a stipend from the Arts Council; obtained by putting pressure on that Agust body of useless layabouts based on one play he wrote and developed over a period of three decades. He has been receiving this annual Cnus for well over 10 years now and not a damn thing to show for it. A real example of duplicity. The working class screwing the working class.
If it stops that cow Burton’s photo from ever been put up again I think its a brilliant idea.
Spot on gus. She’s as ugly to look at as she is to listen too. Ear drum and mind bending-ly painful
Good sick of having to look at corrupt ugly faces on lampposts
Ironically you use Mannix Flynn posters. His motion to ban election posters was defeated, by FG/Lab in DCC.
We’re gonna see a hell of a lot more pop up ads in our browser windows with their ugly mugs featuring…it’s not as if pop ups are annoying enough already…
Maybe it’s my crappy outlook on life but everytime I see two different posters I ask myself “would I vote for this narcissist or this narcissist?”
Finally good news
Posters are an outdated form of advertising, most politicians these days use social media.
The f€ckers will just stuff extra propaganda through our letterboxes instead. Won’t be able to open the front door for it to actually talk to the ones who bother to visit.
Make sure you have a “No junk or political mail ” sign on your door and send it back to them ( reciever to pay) with a bill for your time & expenses. I
Just ban elections. Simple.
Great idea genius
Is that you Enda ?
Don’t be daft Qwerty. Let’s do something about dire quality of folks who put themselves forward for election and make voting a worthwhile exercise
I wouldn’t say no need for them, but the excessive use of them at the last election was obnoxious and wasteful, as if you need to see 50 FG posters on one 100 metre road to get the message that they want your vote.
Or shinner ones for that matter.
I have yet to be (favourably) influenced by any poster
About time – our elections process has been reduced to a popularity contest based on who has the most posters. Politicians are relying on the voters to become so familiar with their faces on the poster that we start to believe we actually know & can trust them ! There should be one independently run booklet delivered to every household where each candidate is given one page to have their say on what they have done & plan to do.
No need for posters anymore, people make up there minds by reading online, newspaper, and radio and tv interviews. A poster of a useless politician won’t sway your decision, they are more of a eye sore than anything else.
Here’s hoping.
Be careful what we wish for. Posters are one of few ways new candidates can get their name across to the public. FF/FG/LAB will love this. Posters on polls are a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things
Any result from this vote tonight?
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