Ireland – Coalition urged to save post offices
The government has been urged to establish an inter-departmental group to plan for the long-term survival of post offices.
The plea came yesterday from the Irish Postmasters’ Union. Its general secretary, Brian McGann, told some 50 TDs and Senators at a briefing in Leinster House that if action to formulate a strategy was not taken the post office network would disappear.
The union represents 90 per cent of the more than 1,000 postmasters in the State.
The future of post offices was not just for An Post to decide. It was for people to decide the network it wanted to serve the community, Mr McGann said.
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