‘I’ll keep the post office open as long as I can’
An 84-year-old postmaster says he won’t take a severance package from An Post because closing his post office could sound the death knell for his rural community.
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An 84-year-old postmaster says he won’t take a severance package from An Post because closing his post office could sound the death knell for his rural community.
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