Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Post offices have been part of the fabric of rural communities since the foundation of the State. I thank Tom O'Callaghan for attending all the meetings in rural Kerry, where 12 post offices are to close, for his assistance and for attending meetings as far away as Ballinskelligs, way down in south Kerry. Nine post offices in one part of north Kerry are being closed. The Minister says rural communities can appeal and look for a contract to be issued to a new provider but he also says the appeal must be submitted before 26 September.

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