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.
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Postmasters are threatening to ballot members on a work stoppage in June, if the Government doesn’t give them a financial boost. The Irish Postmasters Union’s warning that the state needs to act urgently to maintain the Post Office Network. It says post offices in Tipperary and across the country need financial intervention within weeks or […]
Midlands 103 They re requesting urgent support from government.
Postmasters are threatening to ballot members on a work stoppage in June, if the Government doesn t give them a financial boost.
The Irish Postmasters Union s warning that the state needs to act urgently to maintain the Post Office Network.
It says post offices across the country need financial intervention within weeks or the Network will collapse.
Irish Postmasters Union General Secretary, Ned O Hara says its members will be consulted on the way forward:
Midlands Fine Gael senator and postmaster, Michael Carrigy says the profession is at risk of becoming unviable: