Over 200 turnout for Easkey Post Office public meeting
Over 200 people turned out at a public meeting in Easkey last night in opposition to the proposed closure of the Post Office there. The postmaster in west Sligo will retire next month and the local community will have to make a case to An Post to ensure it remains…
Easkey post office under threat of closure
Another post office in the region is under threat of closure. The postmaster at Easkey in west Sligo will retire in March and the local community will have to make a case to An Post to ensure to post office remains open. It’s yet another blow for post offices in…
Post masters to meet Minister Naughten on Thursday
A regional representative of the Irish Postmasters Union is calling on the government and Communications Minister Denis Naughten to become involved in discussions over the future of the country’s post office network. Padraig McNamara, western representative of the IPU, was speaking to Ocean FM News following a national meeting of…
Ballygawley Post Office’s future to be decided within six weeks
A decision on the future of Ballygawley Post Office is expected to be made within the next six weeks. Closure has threatened the post office since the end of last year following the death of the postmaster. Chairperson of the save Ballygawley Post Office Group, Thomas Walsh says the committee…
Fears there may not be a post office in Blacklion again
There are fears that there may never again be a post office in Blacklion in County Cavan. It’s after the post office there has closed, with the nearest mail service now Royal Mail in Northern Ireland, across the bridge in Belcoo, Co Fermanagh. In the Republic, the nearest An Post…
Blacklion residents make case to retain post office
A group of people from the Blacklion area of Cavan has met with an official of An Post to make the case for the retention of the post office in the border town. The current post mistress will complete her contract in mid-February and local people around Blacklion want An…
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…