Mediator Flynn to tackle postal dispute

LEADING industrial relations mediator Phil Flynn will attempt to break the deadlock in the worsening dispute between 540 rural postmasters and An Post.

Mr Flynn has offered to chair a Dublin meeting between representatives of the Irish Postmasters Union (IPU) and An Post in a bid to secure a compromise deal in the dispute which has escalated over the last two weeks.

The dispute centres on the postmasters' demand for more pay to provide their premises for sorting post and also for supervising the job.