West Cork town left without postal service last week

It meant new bank cards, medical appointment letters, and motor tax certificates were delayed for people in Glengarriff

Last September, as part of a restructuring of its mail network, An Post announced the opening of a new purpose-fitted mail facility in Bantry in which staff in the areas of Glengarriff, Dunmanway, and Kealkiil would be relocated. Picture: Denis Minihane.

People in Glengarriff in West Cork were left without a postal service all last week, leading to new bank cards, medical appointment letters, and motor tax certificates being delayed.

Last September, as part of a restructuring of its mail network, An Post announced the opening of a new purpose-fitted mail facility in Bantry in which staff in the areas of Glengarriff, Dunmanway, and Kealkiil would be relocated. At the time, An Post stated that customers in these areas would “still be getting the same local services from their postmen and women”.