Galway potholes protest is a sign of the times!

It’s a sign of the times as the voters of Galway seek to extract their pound of flesh from election candidates before Friday’s polling day.

Last week the Connacht Tribune reported how the voters of the Killeeneen Road in Craughwell were so tired of potholes, that they erected signs warning politicians.

“Councillors: Take Note, if you want our vote, repair our road”, read the threatening sign at the top of the road.

The signs worked a treat as no sooner had the signs been erected than the bulldozers were out resurfacing the stretch of road.

So successful was the sign that residents in other parts of the county were envious at how fast the Killeeneen Road potholes were filled.

Then, overnight, the sign went ‘walkabout’ . . . and it has started popping up at other badly potholed roads across the county.

The sign appears to have been ‘borrowed’ by residents living a potholed road in near Craughwell and Moyvilla. And a similar sign was spotted near Oranmore, too.

The man behind the original idea to put up the sign at Killeeneen, Frank Murray, says he is delighted that it is being used to pressurise local election candidates elsewhere.

“It worked for us, and I hope it works for them, good luck to them,” he said.

See full election coverage in this week’s Connacht Tribune.