Sligo Councillor says proposed new payment could be a lifeline for post offices
A Sligo Councillor says proposals to pay postmasters a sweetener of up to €1,000 a month in an attempt to keep post offices open could inject life into many struggling rural communities. It’s been speculated that a state subvention of between €10,000 and €12,000 per year is being…
Donegal councillor unhappy with increase to price of stamps
A Donegal Councillor says the latest increase in the price of stamps by An Post will disproportionally impact the older generation that continue to use Post Offices and communicate through written correspondence. It will cost an extra 15 cent to send a letter anywhere in Ireland, from next month. An…
An Postal services disrupted by staffing shortages
An Post says deliveries in some rural areas are being impacted by staffing shortages. The company says a spike in Covid-related absences has placed a “temporary strain” on its resources. It says the worst impact’s being felt across its mails and parcels network, and at some Post Offices,…
Closure of Cliffoney post Office is another nail in the coffin of rural Ireland
The decision to close Cliffoney Post Office has been described as ‘another nail in the coffin for rural Ireland’. Local Fianna Fail Councillor, Donal Gilroy has made the comments following confirmation that An Post will be closing the centre from Friday the 17th of September. Customers are to be transferred…
Banking services from Post Offices is far from being signed, sealed and delivered
As the fallout continues from yesterday’s announcement by Bank of Ireland about its branch closures, including nine in the North West, a Leitrim councillor and post mistress says she knows nothing about an arrangement for post offices to provide banking services. Cllr Mary Bohan has called for clarity to…
Bank of Ireland to close 88 branches
There could be further reductions in banking services across the north west. Bank of Ireland has said this morning it plans to close 88 branches in Ireland and a further 15 in Northern Ireland. The news comes just weeks after Ulster Bank announced it was leaving the Irish market. …
Healy calls for Post office reviews to be scrapped
A Sligo Councillor has called for An Post to scrap it’s plans to review the viability of post offices this summer in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sligo Drumcliff Councillor Thomas Healy is calling for Post Office contracts need to be extended to cover lockdown periods. The Sinn…