Minister ‘throwing in the towel’ on post offices

A Government turf war has erupted into a full-scale public spat after Communications Minister Denis Naughten accused junior minister Michael Ring of “throwing in the towel” on the survival of post offices.

Minister ‘throwing in the towel’ on post offices

Tensions in Government came to a head yesterday when Mr Naughten, who is now resuming responsibility for post offices, said Mr Ring had been given power over the network last July when An Post was transferred to the Department of Rural Affairs.

Mr Ring hit out at the comments and instead claimed Mr Naughten had tried to pass off his dirty work. He said he had “never thrown in the towel on any issue”.

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