Postmen & postwomen checking on cocooning Clare residents
*Postman John Williams checks in on Johnny McMahon in Crusheen. Photograph: John Mangan Postmen and postwomen are checking in on Clare residents who are cocooning.
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Clare Community Response helpine is now live
*Providing telephone sypport for the Clare Community Response Helpline is David Bennett and Helen Moloney of Clare County Council’s Rural Development Directorate. A dedicated community support helpline has been set up in Co Clare to assist members of the public during the current public health emergency.
Free postcards from An Post to help people stay connected during Covid-19 pandemic
AN POST is giving every household in Clare free postcards to send to family and friends across the country to help them stay connected in the weeks ahead.
‘Social housing residents should not be pulled from rural areas’
*Social housing in Feakle. Up to 150 dwellings in six different parts of Clare are being investigated for ownership to determine future uses.
‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent further closure of Clare post offices
North Clare election candidate Róisín Garvey has warned that urgent action is needed to prevent the further closure of post offices in Clare.
Politicians’ social media activity ‘a substitute for real policy substance’
Although he is Clare’s longest serving councillor, PJ Kelly is a self-professed “reluctant candidate” for the local elections on May 24th.
An Post profits pose questions on closure of rural post offices
A 400 percent increase in profits at An Post to €41m raises serious concerns following the closure of 150 post offices around the country according to Fianna Fáil’s Rita McInerney.
An Post had ‘no prior notice’ of Ardnacrusha post office closure
An Post had “no prior notice” of the sudden closure of Ardnacrusha’s Post Office earlier this week.
‘End of an era’ as post office services shut in Lissycasey
Residents in Lissycasey must now travel 13km along a narrow stretch of road if they are to continue using post office services following their closure in the village. Earlier this week, postmistress Mary Hanrahan retired after serving the community of Lissycasey for twenty two years. “It’s the end of an era, it’s the end of …
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Closures of post offices ‘an assault on rural Ireland’
Legal action is being taken by the Lissycasey Post Office Action Group over the closure of the village’s post office this week. According to the group, misleading information was published by An Post. Talty’s Mace Store in Lissycasey were willing to take on the post office service but the local action group were unsuccessful in …
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