Irish Examiner view: Running down post office networks an act of vandalism

If a window in a building is broken and left unrepaired, soon the other windows will be smashed too. 

This, according to one academic theory, will happen in all neighbourhoods not because we are all enthusiastic window-breakers but because broken windows are a visible sign that nobody cares, and dereliction breeds dereliction.

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