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FIANNA Fil has announced proposals aimed at developing community facilities.
Party bosses claimed the scheme, called Community Development Plan, would be provided with a dedicated fund of E150million.
Community and Rural Affairs Minister Eamon ” CuIv said: ‘Fianna Fil believes that all communities should have a guaranteed level of facilities including playgrounds, local markets, recycling, sports and other recreational facilities.
‘Through this new E150million fund, communities will be able to take facilities to an entirely new level and quality.’ The announcement comes, however, amid growing concerns at moves to close down post offices in towns and villages where they aren’t economically viable.
More than 400 sub-post offices have been shut down since the start of the decade and management at An Post is carrying out a review of the remaining 1,300 outlets.
Irish Postmasters’ Union general secretary John Kane said: ‘The IPU is calling on the incoming government, irrespective of its political makeup, to agree the principle that a public service obligation payment be put in place in order to ensure the survival of much of the existing post office network.’
