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
‘Day of reckoning’ has arrived for post office network, postmasters say
Oireachtas committee told that operators of outlets facing a cliff edge from end of June
Post office network faces collapse without support, report warns
Irish Postmasters’ Union calls for €17m in annual State funding be put in place
An Post not attacking rural Ireland, chief executive says
Locations of 159 post offices set to close as part of a restructuring plan have been published
An Post publishes locations of 159 post offices set to close
Fianna Fáil TD accuses firm of ‘creating wastelands’ by removing services from rural areas
Post offices: Saving rural Ireland’s ‘last man standing’
An Post says closure of 161 outlets will kick-start its modernisation programme
Average postmaster retirement package worth €50,000 – An Post
‘Exact list’ of closing branches to be released by end of August following leak
An Post to close 161 post offices
Post network to be reduced to 950 offices after postmasters take retirement packages
Big plans for An Post, INM shareholder ire, and a potential US listing for CRH
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An Post to invest €50m in modernising post office network
Post office within 15km of every community with 500 pledged and within 3km in cities
Up to 360 post offices to close in next four years, says An Post chief
An Post chief executive says they ‘cannot guarantee to keep open every post office’
Postmasters’ union unimpressed by Naughten’s ‘vague’ address
Minister sounds positive note about future opportunities but not all are receptive
Postmasters to protest against potential closures
Minister says future not as bad as suggested despite claim 1,100 offices are loss-making
Rural Cork postmasters ‘abandoned’ as sorting centralised
Harry Keogh says local postmasters working 55 hours a week but cannot pay bills
Plan to close 80 post offices a ‘serious blow’ to rural Ireland
No decisions yet made while in-depth review of network still ongoing, says An Post
Price of postage stamp to rise by more than 20 cent
An Post hope third increase in two years can see it break even by 2017
Stamp price rise needed due to An Post financial straits - Minister
Move to ‘significant’ rises follows warning over falling mail volumes, rising staff costs
Kenny insists State is acting to keep post offices open
Clare GP warns ‘if the Government does not act, it will passively strangle post offices’
Ploughing championships’ popularity belies rural decline
Population fall and a lack of services are taking a huge toll on rural communities
Postmasters protest over new social protection forms
Union says encouraging electronic welfare payments will divert post office business
Galway postmistress to stand in general election
Seona O’Fegan of Barna pledges to fight for communities threatened by ‘privatisation’
Postmasters union warned over breach of social welfare law
Department of Social Protection ‘concerned’ about IPU form requesting PPS numbers
Postmasters to run candidates in General Election
Union votes in favour of backing own candidates in effort to support local communities
Postmasters may stand own candidates in general election
IPU chief cites frustration at lack of Government action to support post offices
Behind the News: Save Rural Ireland campaigner Bernard Kearney
The Muintir na Tire officer has helped set up a community shop to help save his parish, in Co Roscommon
Alliance vows to make rural Ireland election issue
Saving Rural Ireland set to fight what it sees as decimation of services
Government has no plans to close post offices, says Rabbitte
Minister has asked other departments to assist in stimulating business for post office network
Community group claims An Post deferring post office closures until after local and European elections
North Galway group hopes public meeting will compel An Post to clarify position
Postmasters call for communities to defend ‘last light on in the main street’
Conference told rural post offices efficient, technologically advanced and ideally placed to provide small-scale banking services and support local businesses
Post office network must continue to modernise, says Rabbitte
Minister repeats that there is no Government plan to close post offices
Government ‘kicking can down the road’ on post offices
Irish Postmasters’ Union says Department of Social Protection policy ‘driving away’ business
Rural post offices must not go the same way as Garda stations
Opinion: Range of services provided by local offices has grown exponentially
Postmasters say 400 post offices could close if social welfare payments move to purely electronic system
Union says post office network has delivered excellent service to Department of Social Protection and its clients
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