At least two rural post offices in Clare, earmarked for closure by An Post, will soon shut their doors for good.
Postmasters and postmistresses from 14 post offices around the county have until today to inform the company whether or not they intend to accept a voluntary redundancy packages.
Cooraclare and Kilfenora post offices have confirmed to Clare FM that they intend to close, with Whitegate, Labasheeda, Quilty, Kilmurry McMahon, Feakle, Dromindoora, Carrigaholt and Broadford all to remain open.
Craggah-Fanore, Cree and Lisseycasey have stated that they’re considering their options, while the owner of Doonbeg’s post office was unavailable for comment.
Quilty postmistress Beatrice O’Riordan says she has no intention of shutting up shop but needs the support of her customers and the state to ward off that threat:
