Uncertainty still surrounding post offices in Blacklion, Ballygawley
Today was the day it was feared Blacklion Post Office in County Cavan was to close — until the postmistress there agreed to remain on until the end of this month. However, uncertainty surrounds the future of it and Ballygawley Post Office in Sligo, despite them being under review now…
TD Martin Kenny hits out at government’s new rural reinvigoration plan
The government is refuting claims that it is not doing enough to protect rural services after coming under fire this week in the Dail over ongoing threats to post offices in the North West. Sligo/Leitrim TD Martin Kenny hit out at the government’s new rural reinvigoration plan launched this week…
Kenny: Another PO under threat
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says the future of another post office in the North West has come under threat this week. Sinn Fein’s Martin Kenny says that An Post are undecided about renewing the contract at Aughavas Post Office in county Leitrim after the business was sold. It comes as the…
Community group still await decision on post office
The community group attempting to save the post office services in a Sligo village say they are becoming frustrated with the delay in a decision by An Post. A period of public consultation on the future of the Ballygawley post office service ended at the beginning of December and a…
Riverstown parish native takes on prestigious role at Irish Pontifical College
A priest from County Sligo is to take over a prestigious role at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome next year. Fr. John Coughlan will begin a stint as the Director of Formation at the college beginning next autumn. Fr. John, who is originally from Ballygawley, was ordained in 2008…
Decision on Ballygawley post office expected within weeks
It’s expected that a decision on the future of the post office in Ballygawley, Co Sligo, will be made within the next few weeks. Following a two-week long local campaign, two and a half thousand signatures in support of retaining the post office will be handed into An Post in…
2,500 signatures being delivered to keep Ballygawley Post Office open
Two and a half thousands signatures are being handed in to An Post in Sligo as part of the save Ballygawley post office campaign. Today is the closing date for submissions of public proposals as part of An Post’s review of the service following the recent death of the postmaster.…