A Fine Gael TD has described a decision by An Post to close a post office in a West Cork village as “anti-democratic, mean-spirited and short sighted”.

A spokesman for An Post said yesterday it was removing its presence from Leap for a number of reasons.
The post office in the village has been closed since February 25, but hopes of getting it reopened were dashed yesterday when An Post announced it wouldn’t be readverstising the position of postmaster.