Special Report (Rural Ireland): Post office’s role is vital to rural society

Where a post office closes its door, the survival of of other small businesses is tested, writes Seona O’Fegan

THE rural postmaster/postmistress often comes from a strong family history of dedication to the community, of running the local post office through generations, and being deeply embedded in the life of the locality.

I took over the office from my mother-in-law and my daughter now works with me.