Big turnout in Maugherow for PO campaign event
Hundreds of people gathered in Maugherow in North Sligo yesterday as part of their campaign to keep post office services in their area. They came together outside Dunleavy’s shop in Maugherow, where they want the post office to be located The local post office in Ballinfull closed last month. Yesterday’s…
Maugherow PO campaigners among those at Dublin protest, Dail discussion
Those campaigning against post office closures in the north west are on their way to Dublin for a protest march and a discussion on the issue in the Dail. Seventeen post offices are due to close in County Donegal, with about six in Sligo and four in Leitrim. Those travelling…
Real fears for Gurteen Post Office while hopes of a full-time service in Coolaney
There’s mixed news on the post office front today. While the campaign continues to save a number of post offices in the region from closure, a Sligo councillor says An Post is preparing to open a new full-service post office in Coolaney. Harry Keaney has this report:
VIDEO: Hundreds turn out in protest at closure of post offices
Hundreds of people turned out to a protest against the closure of post offices in the region today. Groups came from all over the region including Cliffoney, Gurteen and Dunkinely in Co. Donegal. The protest made it’s way from Connaughton Road down to the GPO on O’Connell Street in Sligo…
Protest taking place in Sligo over potential Post Office closures
Hundreds of people are expected in Sligo Town today for a protest against proposed post office closures. 21 post offices in the Norhwest have already been earmarked for closure; 13 in Donegal, 4 in Sligo and 4 in Leitrim. A number of public meetings have already taken place across the…
IFA: Small country towns not equipped to deal with post office closures
The head of the IFA in Sligo says people in rural towns don’t have the services to be able to survive without their local post office. The IFA is one of a number of rural groups that will speak at a major rally against the closure of 21 post offices…
‘No community is safe from post office closures’
No community is safe from post office closures. That is the message coming from local communities ahead of a major rally against the planned closure of 21 post offices in the North West. Ballinfull, Dromard, Gurteen and Monasteradan are set to close in county Sligo, four including Killargue and Newtowngore…