Müller: No ‘silver bullet’ for An Post’s costs

The incoming chairman of An Post has warned that maintaining the existing post office network while still keeping the cost of its postal services affordable represents “a very fine balance”.

However, An Post chairman designate Christoph Müller yesterday promised that An Post would act as “a fair broker” in representing the interests of society and the need for An Post to remain competitive.

Mr Müller, better known as the chief executive of Aer Lingus, said the company would look at extending the range of products and services offered by An Post as a measure which would enable some post offices, which would otherwise face closure, to remain open.