€30m fund announced to help save post offices

Postmasters are set to received 30 million euro in funding to help save them from closure.

The plan, which will be officially announced later, will see independent post offices receive roughly 12,000 euro per year.

Some 875 of the country’s 900 post offices are operated by independent postmasters.

The Minister responsible for Postal Matters, Hildegarde Naughton, has previously said they should not be allowed to close.

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