Down with posters – and the ties that bind

Sir, – Inspired by Dr Vincent Kenny's letter (February 25th) concerning the appearance of pesky political posters, I would like to offer a possible solution to a closely related problem: the proliferation of cable ties plaguing lampposts long after polling day.

I suspect that were each party and grouping restricted to a specific colour, the prevalence of cable-tie residue weeks after an election would fall off as most of the offenders could be traced and sanctioned. – Yours, etc,

FIONNUALA WALSH,

St Mary’s Terrace,

Galway.