Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The national planning framework for 2040 is an initiative of the Government to support town centres but a semi-State body is flying directly in the face of that. A business man is prepared to buy from An Post the post office building in Thurles, which is a listed building, refurbish it to the highest possible standard and lease it back to An Post. The Minister must direct An Post to allow this to happen because if the closure is allowed to proceed, it will decimate Liberty Square in Thurles.

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