Post office ‘downgrade’ plan criticised

FIVE large communities in Co Cork have been urged to fight plans to “downgrade” post offices in their areas.

It emerged yesterday that An Post is seeking to farm out the postal services to private operators.

Councillor John O’Shea, a former mayor of County Cork, said he was shocked by the plans to alter the running of post office services in Bantry, Bandon, Macroom, Cobh and Charleville.