Postmasters urge motor tax move to local post offices

The Irish Postmasters Union has called for motor tax renewal services to be made available from post offices in a move designed to save money and boost local business.

The IPU said the motor tax system was the stand-out service that the Government currently supplied that could be easily decentralised to local centres.

It said a report by Grant Thornton found that €27m could be saved over five years by such a move because of the transaction costs involved in the existing system.