Government blamed for closure of 400 post offices

THE Government has been blamed for the closure of more than 400 post offices over the last five years.

The absence of coherent Government policy on the post office network has seen a haemorrhage of postmasters and postmistresses from the system, the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources heard yesterday.

“The post office network has continued to be in decline for the last number of years,” John Kane of the Irish Postmasters’ Union told the committee.