Construction Site Signs a Waste of Money
Dermot was in today’s Evening Herald, talking about the ridiculous amount of money being spent erecting huge signs around developments. An excerpt:
MILLIONS of euro of taxpayers’ money is being wasted on signs erected on construction sites throughout Ireland, according to a Dublin city councillor.
The official signs, which advertise projects being carried out under the National Development Plan, are costing up to €5,000 each.
Labour councillor Dermot Lacey has called for an end to the “wasteful” practice. He was angered when he first discovered that a single sign at the entrance to an affordable housing development at Beech Hill in Donnybrook in Dublin cost €4,994 to erect.
You can read the full article here.
[...] and featuring in the media on topics ranging from Local Government reform, City finances and the wasteful costs of the large NDP signs that the Department require us to [...]