In keeping with our interest in our environment, Kilteevan Tidy Towns is appealing for poster free 2019 elections. This follows up on our campaign during the Presidential Election and on the Straws Suck Campaign. We are appealing to the goodwill of all candidates in requesting a voluntary poster ban.

The very sad reality is that;

• Like other single use plastics, posters they take 400+ years to biodegrade.
• In the 2014 local elections, an estimated 611,000 posters were erected with a combined cost of €3M with posters covering the equivalent area of 23 Croke Parks
• This produced 366 tonnes of Co2, the equivalent of driving an average car non-stop for 592 days
• After 30 days of canvassing, the majority of these posters were sent to landfill.(Poster Free.ie)

We welcome the fact that the following candidates are poster free in Roscommon:

Dominick Connolly, Kathleen Shanagher, Valerie Byrne, Orla Leyden, Ivan Connaughton, John Cummins, Joe Murphy, Aidan Sampey and Donal Kilduff.

April 18th 2019

A it It was a very busy, successful and historic morning in Kilteevan.

Today we had the

• Launch Co Roscommon Spring Clean
• Announcement of Motorist Litter Initiative
• Launch of The Green Dog Walkers Campaign
• And……… we also carried out a MAJOR litter pick.

Co Roscommon Spring Clean was launched in Kilteevan today by Kathleen Shanagher Leas-Chathaoirleach, Roscommon Co Council. Sarah Mc Govern model and ambassador for An Taisce Spring Clean was in attendance and spoke about the growth of the initiative across the country.

Annette Donlon, Roscommon Co Council announced that a new  Motorist litter initiative would commence shortly in Kilteevan.

 Eileen Fahey, Chairperson Kilteevan Tidy Towns praised the An Taisce initiative and wondered what the Ireland would look like without it. She heartily welcomed the Anti- Motorist Litter initiative for Kilteevan.  She also launched Kilteevan Tidy Towns Green Dog Walkers Campaign.

Celebrity Benjamin Bin also turned up and absolutely stole the show! Well Done Benji.

Kilteevan Tidy Towns would like to express a sincere thank you to all the staff Roscommon Co Council for their constant support.

Thanks also to members of the community who ventured out on a cold morning to help us.

_{Posted April 6th 2019}

Kilteevan National School  Spring Walk   

Developing  21st Cenury Skills as Future Guardians of the Natural World .