Louth Tidy Towns calls for poster-free zones during referendum campaign
Supporting Aesthetic Integrity: Louth Tidy Towns encourages voluntary compliance with poster-free zones in 17 designated areas
Louth Tidy Towns Together, representing various Tidy Towns groups across the county, is urging all organisations engaged in the upcoming referendum campaign to voluntarily refrain from placing posters within the 50km/h speed limits or at landscaped entrances of 17 specified towns and villages in County Louth.
A spokesperson for the group explained:
“We are seeking a voluntary commitment to avoid erecting posters in these designated areas, and feel that this limited restriction on where posters are erected is a reasonable compromise between the need for public engagement with the referendum process and the aesthetic and environmental considerations that concern our member groups.
“We were very pleased with the high level of compliance with our similar request at the last general election in 2020 and in other elections and referendums dating back to 2018, and we hope that all groups campaigning in this referendum will also comply with this voluntary code”.
The 17 towns and villages involved are Annagassan, Ardee, Blackrock, Carlingford, Castlebellingham/Kilsaran, Collon, Dromiskin, Dunleer, Grange, Knockbridge, Lordship/Gyles Quay, Louth Village, Monasterboice/Tinure, Omeath, Stabannon, Tallanstown and Termonfeckin. The towns of Dundalk and Drogheda are not included.