Bruton: I can’t save Cork mail centre from closure

The Government is legally prohibited from saving An Post’s Cork mail centre from closure, Communications Minister Richard Bruton has told the Dáil. Mr Bruton was responding to a motion tabled by Cork North Central Solidarity TD Mick Barry which called on the Government to instruct An Post to reverse last week’s decision to close the Little Island mail centre.

Approximately 235 jobs will be lost as a result of the closure. Mr Barry said that Cork is expected to be the fastest growing city in Ireland in the next two decades, with a projected population of up to 360,000 by 2040.