Irish Examiner view: Post mortem for rural Ireland?

What's local is global — and the threat to rural post offices highlights a national issue that we need to address now

The campaigns against the closure of rural post offices highlight Ireland's lack of a proper rural strategy. Stock Picture: Denis Minihane

The challenges facing rural post offices are not confined to Ireland. Visit many communes in France and small villages in England and the refrain will be the same — ageing populations, sporadic public transport, the bank has closed its branch, the pub/inn/bar is under pressure out of season (in those pre-pandemic days when there was a season).

Goleen post office in West Cork, and the campaign to save it, is a good example of well-placed concern about rural services. See link below to the story by Eoin English.