€30m Government loan boosts An Post

Rural post offices have been given a lifeline after the Government gave An Post a €30m loan to “protect the continuation of a five-day postal delivery service” to every address in the country.

Rural post offices have been given a lifeline after the Government gave An Post a €30m loan to “protect the continuation of a five-day postal delivery service” to every address in the country.

The future of rural post offices have been in question in the past number of years as An Post struggled with the transition of more people moving online.