Plans to axe 21 post offices condemned

Plans to close down 21 post office branches across Northern Ireland will “rip the heart out of urban and rural communities,” it was claimed today.

Plans to axe 21 post offices condemned
Wed, 10 Mar, 2004 - 14:44

Plans to close down 21 post office branches across Northern Ireland will “rip the heart out of urban and rural communities,” it was claimed today.

Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew condemned proposals to shut eight branches in Belfast and 13 others in Lisburn, Enniskillen, Derry, Newtownards, Newtownabbey, Larne, Coleraine and Bangor later this year.

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