Another postmaster vows to deliver election reform

A second postmaster has put himself up as an election candidate in the deepening row with the Government over feared post office closures.

Andrew Kelly from Cabra, Dublin, will run in the Dublin Central constituency as part of a campaign to get more public services and welfare payments made through the postal network.

The Irish Postmasters’ Union has claimed there are concerns that up to 557 post offices could close by 2017 as more social welfare payments are made electronically.