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info@eastcorkjournal.ie
Thursday, 9th
August 2018
Post Office Closures Speed the Destruction of Rural Communities and Will Lead to Rural Isolation and More Mental Health Problems- Pat Buckley TD
Sinn Fein’s spokesper- son on Mental Health Pat Buckley TD, is calling on the minister to intervene and prevent closure of over a 100 rural post offices and destruction of rural com- munities. Deputy Buckley said: “An
Post’s retirement deal is a very worrying development for rural communities and will no doubt lead to further decline of services in rural
Office
Aghacashel Athea Aughavas Ballinahowen Ballinakill Ballinamult Ballindine Ballineen Ballinful Ballingarry Ballinskelligs Ballyclough Ballyglass Ballyglunin Ballyliffin Ballylongford Ballymagan Ballynoe Bannow Batterstown Belcarra Bellewstown Broadway Bunbeg Burnfoot Camolin Carnaross Carrickboy Carrigadrohid Carrowmore Lacken Churchill Cloghbrack Clogheen Clontibret Cloonagh Colemanstown Collinstown Cornamona Corraneary Cree Cross Culdaff Culkeeny Dartrey Desertserges Donadea Donard Doocastle Doonbeg Drinagh Dromard Dromkeen Drumree Dunaff
Duncannon Dunfanaghy
Ireland. It is estimated that over
100 small post offices are at risk of closure because of new contractual arrange- ments with An Post
that
have come about as a result of the attractive retirement deal that An Post is offering to existing postmasters. Is this part of the Gov- ernments project
Ireland 2040 plan to develop rural
Ireland, by destroying rural communities and increasing rural decline with the re- moval of local services? A community with a
standalone post office that has a low level of business must be given every oppor- tunity to keep the post office in their community.
A plan must be put in
place to allow that post of- fice remain in its own prem-
County
Leitrim Limerick Leitrim
Westmeath Laois
Waterford Mayo Cork Sligo
Tipperary Kerry Cork Mayo
Galway Donegal Kerry
Donegal Cork
Wexford Dublin Mayo Meath
Wexford Donegal Donegal Wexford Meath
Longford Cork Mayo
Donegal Galway Tipperary Monaghan Longford Galway
Westmeath Galway Cavan Clare Mayo
Donegal Donegal Monaghan Cork
Kildare
Wicklow Mayo Clare Cork Sligo
Limerick Dublin Donegal Wexford Donegal
Area
North West West
North West North East South East South East North West South
North West South East South South
North West West
North West South
North West South
South East Dublin North West North East South East North West North West South East North East North East South
North West North West West
South East North East North East West
North East West
North East West
North West North West North West North East South
South East Dublin North West West South
North West West Dublin North West South East North West
ises or for another local business to take it over. If the Minister is serious
about reversing rural de- cline then he must intervene to save these post offices from closure. Rural isolation will in-
crease. Rural isolation will lead to loneliness and loneli- ness will lead to a deteriora- tion of you’re mental health and we could see even more suicides.
Office
Dunkineely Dunsany Finny Garranlahan Geesala Glenmore Gortahork Gurteen Gurtnahoe Hollymount Inverin
Kilbehenny Kilfenora Kilflynn Killargue Kilmaine Kilmeaden Kilmore Quay Kilnaleck Kiltulla Kindrum Knocklong Knockvicar Kylebrack Lackaroe Lettermullen Lissycasey Littleton Loughglynn Menlough
Minane Bridge Monasteradan Moone
Mount Lucas Mountnugent Moyvane Mullinavat Mungret Newtowngore Newtwopothouse Partree Quigleys Point Rathmolyon Rathoe Rathowen Rockchapel Scarduane Shanballymore Smithboro Swanlinbar Tara Templetuohy Walsh Island Woodlawn
With rural pub closures
and cuts to rural transpor- tation and now pending closures to our post offices, rural Ireland is slowly being desolated.
You’re local post office is
the heartbeat of the rural town and village. It’s not just
for sending post but
it’s also the weekly meeting place for many people that may not have spoken to
another person in a week. How are these people going to manage their daily lives now?
If you don’t drive and
there is not a daily bus ser- vice or even a weekly ser- vice how are these people supposed to pay their bills, collect their pensions? Some of these post offices also double as the local grocery store that’s gone too. It’s a bad, bad day for
County
Donegal Meath Mayo
Roscommon Mayo
Kilkenny Donegal Sligo
Tipperary Mayo
Galway Limerick Clare Kerry Leitrim Mayo
Waterford Wexford Cavan
Galway Donegal Limerick
Roscommon Galway Cork
Galway Clare
Tipperary
Roscommon Galway Cork Sligo
Kildare Offaly Cavan Kerry
Kilkenny Limerick Leitrim Cork Mayo
Donegal Meath Carlow
Westmeath Cork
Mayo Cork
Monaghan Cavan Meath
Tipperary Offaly
Galway Area
North West North East North West North West North West South East North West North West South East North West West West West South
North West North West South East South East North East West
North West West
North West West South West West
South East
West South
North West South East North East North East South
South East West
North West South
North West North West North East South East North East South
North West South
North East North East North East South East North East West
rural Ireland and these cut- backs must be stoped.
I would encourage all
communities facing a post office closure to appeal to An Post through their re- view mechanism which can be done in writing to
review@anpost.ie or Inde- pendent Reviewer, An Post GPO, Dublin 1. Rural Ireland cannot al- low this to happen.”
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