Lack of progress to revitalise post offices: unions

The Government is set to come under intense political pressure from postmasters disgruntled at lack of progress in implementing a plan to revitalise and modernise their businesses.

Following an emergency meeting of the Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) executive and branch officers at the weekend, general secretary Ned O’Hara said after “eight or 10 meetings” of the Bobby Kerr-chaired Post Office Network Renewal Working Group, all they had done was “talked around issues without getting to the meat of it”.

The group, which includes Government representatives, representatives of An Post and of the IPU was mandated to report by mid-summer with a five-year blueprint for development of the post office network, including policy, services and investment commitments. However the action plan has yet to materialise.