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More Ballybrittas Post Offices on the horizon for Government Ministers

The possible closure of hundreds of post offices would be devastating for Laois and other parts of rural Ireland according to Laois Sinn Féin TD and Spokesperson for Communications Brian Stanley TD. The Laois TD said that If the proposed plan by An ...

29 Sept 2017 at 16:58

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Comment: Rural decline not a fait accompli

The news that An Post is considering the closure of over 200 post offices nationwide has thrust the issue of rural decline back into the spotlight. It also came in a week in which Ulster Bank indicated it may close 30 branches, many of them in ...

19 Mar 2017 at 14:00

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Post office robbed in Mountrath, Laois

A quantity of cash was taken in a robbery at Mountrath Post Office on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred when a man entered the Post Office on Main Street at 2.22pm. He is believed to have been carrying a firearm. After threatening ...

06 Jul 2017 at 10:54

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Laois TD demands end to Government Post Office 'dithering'

The Viable post office network in Laois and elsewhere must be retained, according to a Laois TD. Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Communications Brian Stanley TD has said after a meeting with the Postmasters Union this week that there have ...

26 Oct 2017 at 16:51

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Laois TD calls for the protection of rural post offices

Laois TD and Sinn Féin spokesperson on Communications Brian Stanley has called for the protection of Ireland's Post Office Network. Deputy Stanley made the call in the Dáil. “Rural post offices across Ireland must be protected and ...

21 Nov 2016 at 18:50

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Historic morning for the post office in Abbeyleix

It was a historic morning in Abbeyleix today as it was the last time the post was sorted in the local post office on Main Street. Seven post vans usually line the streets early in the morning but will no longer need to do so. The ...

28 Jul 2017 at 13:02

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Postmasters urge full return to weekly payment of social welfare

Postmasters today are urging for a full return to weekly collection of all social protection payments at Post Offices. The Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) said that these transactions must return urgently to help people manage ...

04 Aug 2020 at 20:10

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Support declared for rural post offices in Laois

The Government is being urged to urgently protect community post offices in the wake of further warnings from the Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) that more closures are inevitable in Laois unless state intervention is put in ...

21 Apr 2021 at 11:51

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Viable Post Office network needed, Stanley tells An Post CEO

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Communications, Brian Stanley TD has put forward a case in relation to the retention of a viable post office network which will encompass an expanded range of services, in a meeting with An Post ...

22 Mar 2017 at 20:43

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Woman had to dive on toddler grandson during Dublin post office robbery, court hears

Two men have been jailed for six years each for a Dublin post office robbery in which a customer had to dive on her three-year-old grandchild to protect him. Both men pleaded guilty to the robbery of a post office on ...

02 Jul 2024 at 09:08

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Post Offices in Laois and right around Ireland to be stamped out

Time has finally run out for Post Offices that have been a lifeline for communities right around Ireland with confirmation that more than 159 will close under a rationalisation of local postal services. An Post has ...

28 Aug 2018 at 17:06

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Postmasters warn that banking services in further jeopardy unless Government keeps post offices open

Postmasters today warned that the Government needs to act quickly and decisively to keep Post Offices open and other counties or put access to local banking at further risk. Bank of Ireland earlier this month ...

15 Mar 2021 at 12:30

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