Postmasters' union calls for €15m in Government funding to prevent post office decline 

An Post chief executive David McRedmond will outline the main issues facing An Post as a business that need to be addressed by the Government, including the need to reshape the universal postal service to match the changing demands. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Irish Postmasters' Union (IPU) is to call on the Government to invest €15m per year over the next five years to prevent a decline in post offices.

The IPU will tell the Oireachtas Arts and Community Committee today that current funding, which will cease at the end of this year, prevented closures and stabilised the network but unless it is replaced and adjusted, decline will begin again.