IPU says new deal will save most post offices
The Irish Postmasters Union says the new deal reached with An Post will protect the future of many post offices in this region. Last week, An Post and the IPU reached a deal that they say will invest €50m in the service in the coming years and ensure no compulsory…
Post masters to meet Minister Naughten on Thursday
A regional representative of the Irish Postmasters Union is calling on the government and Communications Minister Denis Naughten to become involved in discussions over the future of the country’s post office network. Padraig McNamara, western representative of the IPU, was speaking to Ocean FM News following a national meeting of…
Postmasters feel they’ve been ‘led up the garden path’ on restructuring
Postmasters feel they were ‘led up the garden path’ when it comes to reforming the post office network. That’s according to the North West spokesperson of the Irish Postmasters Union Paddy McCann who is one of many to attend a protest outside the Taoiseach’s constituency in Castlebar today. They are…
Postmasters Union not happy with new online passport service
The union representing post masters has described a new service allowing adults to renew passports online as “another nail in the coffin” for post offices. The online system will mean only children and first-time applicants will still have to apply for their passports through the post. It’s one of the…