Transactions in Irish post offices down by 25%

A comparison of transactions for the month of August 2020 with the same period in 2019 estimated that transactions in Irish post offices decreased by a quarter. Picture: File Picture/ Denis Minihane.

Postmasters are warning that coronavirus is continuing to have a very serious negative impact on transactions in post offices, and by extension cash spending in local economies.

The Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) is calling on people to be offered the choice to collect social welfare payments either weekly or once every two weeks.