Sligo Councillor calls on general public & government to support Post offices
A Sligo Councillor is calling on the general public as well as the government to provide support to post offices. Postmasters will tell an Oireachtas Committee later the Post Office Network’s at a “critical juncture” and in desperate need of government support. The Irish Postmasters Union will tell…
New Coolaney to Sligo bus route proposed
A new bus route is being proposed in Co. Sligo following the National Transport Authority suggesting an increase of 25% in rural bus services. Fine Gael Councillor, Dara Mulvey, says It’s being proposed is to amalgamate NTA routes 474 and 475 to create a new bus run that will travel…
New Local Link service; Mullaghmore – Sligo Town
A local councillor has welcomed a new local link bus service for Mullaghmore. Running 3 times a day, Monday to Friday, designed for people attending work and school, the bus will leave Mullaghmore at 7:35am and returning to the town from Sligo at 5 and 6pm. The bus is will…
Maugherow PO campaigners awaiting response from Minister Naughten
Residents in the Maugherow area of north Sligo are hoping to get a reply from the Communications Minister before the end of this week about the closure of their local post office in Ballinfull. They want Denis Naughten to examine how the decision was made as well as how a…
Communities losing post offices question how An Post is making the call
Two rural communities in the north west are now questioning how An Post is making its decisions on closing post offices. Among the queries now being raised by people in both Maugherow in north Sligo and Gurteen in south Sligo is how An Post calculates the population needed in an…
Residents have not ruled out legal action over handling of local postal services
North Sligo residents say they have not ruled out taking legal action over the way An Post has dealt with the closure of their post office. Local people claim that a decision on their submission to retain post office services in the Maugherow area was made before an independent assessor…
An Post responds in Maugherow post office controversy
An Post is insisting that all submissions from a north Sligo community seeking to retain post office services in their area were adequately considered. It’s amid claims that a decision on one submission from a local campaign group was made before the submission was even received. The group in Maugherow…