Kerry town mayor in plea as posters on ESB poles a fire risk

The issue of posters in Kerry has become something of a burning issue on the first days of the campaign — with the ESB warning that putting posters on poles may pose a fire risk.

The mayor of Killarney, Bobby O’Connell (FG), has appealed to all contestants in the general election to hold to what has previously been described as “a gentleman’s agreement” of not putting up political posters in the town.

Candidates of all shades came to an agreement several elections ago not to erect posters in the environs out of respect for Killarney’s position as a tourist destination, said Mr O’Connell, adding that it was to preserve the town from untidy postering.