Gareth O'Callaghan: Posters present us with new faces spinning same old yarns

Most of the brochures that have come through my letterbox in recent days are no different in content — promises, platitudes, and pleas — to those that arrived five years ago. All that has changed on many of them is the candidate

Election posters — some defaced — on Boreenmanna Road in Cork. Picture: Jim Coughlan

ELECTION posters are my nemesis. I could write a thesis on this lamppost litter, and why it serves no purpose other than to annoy motorists and confuse voters.

It’s probably a sign of a more deep-rooted attitude I’ve held for years, a belief our country is being run by the wrong people.