Red-letter day for rural post office

Another long trip to the Irish Parliament in Kildare Street, in a last-gasp bid to save the rural post office.

With many of our garda stations closed and rural schools facing closure, the rural post office, which has been central to community life, is fighting for survival.

Having worked with rural communities, professionally and as an activist for 30 years, I know the contribution a post office and its post master/mistress make to community life.