Up to 200 post offices could face closure in next 12 - 18 months, postmasters claim
Oireachtas committee told postmasters could lose up to €10,000 following ending of payments in June
Oireachtas committee told postmasters could lose up to €10,000 following ending of payments in June
Oireachtas committee told that operators of outlets facing a cliff edge from end of June
Irish Postmasters’ Union calls for €17m in annual State funding be put in place
Locations of 159 post offices set to close as part of a restructuring plan have been published
Fianna Fáil TD accuses firm of ‘creating wastelands’ by removing services from rural areas
An Post says closure of 161 outlets will kick-start its modernisation programme
‘Exact list’ of closing branches to be released by end of August following leak
Post network to be reduced to 950 offices after postmasters take retirement packages
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Post office within 15km of every community with 500 pledged and within 3km in cities
An Post chief executive says they ‘cannot guarantee to keep open every post office’
Minister sounds positive note about future opportunities but not all are receptive
Minister says future not as bad as suggested despite claim 1,100 offices are loss-making
Harry Keogh says local postmasters working 55 hours a week but cannot pay bills
No decisions yet made while in-depth review of network still ongoing, says An Post
An Post hope third increase in two years can see it break even by 2017
Move to ‘significant’ rises follows warning over falling mail volumes, rising staff costs
Clare GP warns ‘if the Government does not act, it will passively strangle post offices’
Population fall and a lack of services are taking a huge toll on rural communities
Union says encouraging electronic welfare payments will divert post office business
Seona O’Fegan of Barna pledges to fight for communities threatened by ‘privatisation’
Department of Social Protection ‘concerned’ about IPU form requesting PPS numbers
Union votes in favour of backing own candidates in effort to support local communities
IPU chief cites frustration at lack of Government action to support post offices
The Muintir na Tire officer has helped set up a community shop to help save his parish, in Co Roscommon
Saving Rural Ireland set to fight what it sees as decimation of services
Minister has asked other departments to assist in stimulating business for post office network
North Galway group hopes public meeting will compel An Post to clarify position
Conference told rural post offices efficient, technologically advanced and ideally placed to provide small-scale banking services and support local businesses
Minister repeats that there is no Government plan to close post offices
Irish Postmasters’ Union says Department of Social Protection policy ‘driving away’ business
Opinion: Range of services provided by local offices has grown exponentially
Union says post office network has delivered excellent service to Department of Social Protection and its clients
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