Union demands computers in all post offices to help collect fines

FOUR hundred sub-post offices will not be able to accept payment for speeding fines next year unless the Government provides them with computers, the Irish Postmasters Union (IPU) warned yesterday.

The IPU welcomed the announcement that An Post is to take over the collection of fines for speeding, seat belt and other offences from the gardaí from early next year.

The majority of the country’s post offices (93%) are run by IPU members and they welcomed the extra business yesterday because many of them are struggling to survive, said general secretary John Kane.