Protest calls for an end to post office closures in Cork city
Pictured at a protest outside of the GPO on Oliver Plunkett Street are Henry Cremin, Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Eoghan Fahy, Thomas Flynn and Sinn Féin councillor Mick Nugent.
A PROTEST calling on the Government to act urgently to maintain the Post Office Network was held outside the GPO on Oliver Plunkett Street yesterday.
The protest was organised by Sinn Féin members in Cork following the announcement that the Montenotte post office will close tomorrow.
Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central, Thomas Gould, has said the loss of the Montenotte post office will come as a major blow to local residents and the community of the northside.
Reduction in income
Debbie Byrne, the managing director of An Postâs retail network, also appeared at the virtual committee meeting alongside Mr McRedmond. When pressed for details by the committee chairman, Fine Gaelâs Kieran OâDonnell, on whether postmasters would see a reduction in their income from July 1st, she said that, with the pandemic fund, it would be âthe sameâ.
Ms Byrne said the fund payments would reflect the loss of business caused by a reduction in footfall due to most social welfare payments, such as the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), being paid straight into bank accounts with no element of âsigning onâ at a State facility.
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