A North Clare business owner who’s due to take over the running of his town’s post office says he felt it was his duty to save a vital community service.
In October, Councillor Shane Talty tendered his resignation as Postmaster of Lahinch Post Office, citing the expected financial challenges of An Post’s decision to transfer mail sorting services to Ennis.
The office on Main Street will soon close and will relocate to Kennedy’s Spar in the coming weeks, once the store completes the necessary refurbishments.
Owner Robert Kennedy has been telling Clare FM’s Daragh Dolan he believes government policy is not protecting the interests of rural Ireland.
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