Post office campaign hopes to secure more support over the weekend
Over 700 signatures and letters of support have been received in an effort to keep a post office in county Sligo open. An Post is carrying out a review of Ballygawley Post Office following the death of the post master recently. However, the local community has mounted a campaign to…
Broadening of services needed in rural post offices
A broadening of services offered is needed to make rural post offices viable. That’s the belief of Tomas Walsh, a member of the save Ballygawley post office committee. There is a threat of closure hanging over the post office there following the recent death postmaster Colm McTiernan. An Post has…
Public meeting takes place tonight to discuss Ballygawley post office
A public meeting is to take place in Ballygawley this evening to discuss the future of the village’s post office. Last night almost 300 people turned out to support keeping the service in Ballygawley following the recent death of the postmaster Colm McTiernan. The service is under threat after An…
Public gathering in support of post office at Ballygawley this evening
Rural Ireland is open for business. That’s the message that will be going out this evening from a public gathering in Ballygawley, Co Sligo, where a large turnout is expected calling the village’s post office to be kept open. The service is being reviewed following the recent death of the…
Post office decision due in three weeks
The future of the post office in Ballygawley, Co Sligo, will be decided in three weeks time. That’s according to the Public Affairs Manager with An Post, Angus Laverty. In response to queries from Ocean FM News, Mr Laverty said the post master in Ballygawley had died last month and…