Fianna Fáil faces fine for failing to remove Jim Gavin poster seven weeks after presidential election

Candidates in the presidential election are required to have removed all of their posters by midnight on October 31

The poster for Jim Gavin which remained in place seven weeks after the Presidential election

Fianna Fáil is facing a fine under the Litter Pollution Act after a large poster promoting its failed presidential candidate Jim Gavin was spotted in Galway City — almost seven weeks after the election.

Under the anti-littering legislation, election candidates may only erect posters 30 days prior to polling day, and must remove them within seven days after the election.