Rural post offices’ future: Technology sounds last post

Just a month ago postmasters protested at Dublin’s GPO to try to stop the closure of rural post offices which, they say, will “devastate rural Ireland”.

This is a touchstone issue. Rural communities realise that their local post office, one of 1,000 in operation, may not be secure.

The protests are heartfelt but, in the face of huge technological change, they can only be partially successful.