http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/06/02/rathgar-post-office-closure/ Green Party Leader and TD for Dublin South East Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:04:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/06/02/rathgar-post-office-closure/#comment-116 Administrator Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:26:15 +0000 http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/06/02/rathgar-post-office-closure/#comment-116 Janice, thanks for your comments. You are correct, the post office will not be re-opening in its current location. It remains to be seen how "temporary" the lack of a post office in Rathgar will be, but the experience in Terenure is not encouraging. John will be asking questions in the Dáil about the wider issue of the local Post Office network. Janice, thanks for your comments. You are correct, the post office will not be re-opening in its current location. It remains to be seen how “temporary” the lack of a post office in Rathgar will be, but the experience in Terenure is not encouraging. John will be asking questions in the Dáil about the wider issue of the local Post Office network.

]]> http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/06/02/rathgar-post-office-closure/#comment-115 Janice Williams Johnston Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:12:04 +0000 http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/06/02/rathgar-post-office-closure/#comment-115 Further to my comment earlier on. There is now a sign above the building where the Rathgar PO was: Acquired for new office by the Dublin Letting Company. So it will definitely not be re-opened as a Post Office Further to my comment earlier on. There is now a sign above the building where the Rathgar PO was: Acquired for new office by the Dublin Letting Company. So it will definitely not be re-opened as a Post Office

]]> http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/06/02/rathgar-post-office-closure/#comment-114 Janice Williams Johnston Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:17:56 +0000 http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/06/02/rathgar-post-office-closure/#comment-114 An Post's information is misleading. Thie above PO is closed permanently, not temporarily. As I cycled to my active retirement swim in Rathmines this morning I saw clearing out operations going on. I was told by the men working there that there was no way that that PO will re-open. The lease has been sold. Coming back later along the Rathgar road I noticed the place has been boarded up. Notices have been posted up directing customers to Rathmines PO. References to "post-office of their choice" is a nonsense. There is no other choice. I believe a local PO should, and has been the hub of a community. It is a public service and should be run as such, professionally staffed and remunerated, not left to chance that someone in the area will pop up willing to take it on as a sideline and get paid a few buttons, as seems to be the position at present. The service we had from Rathgar was excellent: efficient courteous and friendly. I found it preferable to waiting in long queues in Rathmines. I know pensioners can get their pensions paid into the bank. However, not all have bank a/cs and, even it they have, closing the local PO is another nail in the coffin of human interaction at local level. An Post’s information is misleading. Thie above PO is closed permanently, not temporarily. As I cycled to my active retirement swim in Rathmines this morning I saw clearing out operations going on. I was told by the men working there that there was no way that that PO will re-open. The lease has been sold. Coming back later along the Rathgar road I noticed the place has been boarded up. Notices have been posted up directing customers to Rathmines PO. References to “post-office of their choice” is a nonsense. There is no other choice. I believe a local PO should, and has been the hub of a community. It is a public service and should be run as such, professionally staffed and remunerated, not left to chance that someone in the area will pop up willing to take it on as a sideline and get paid a few buttons, as seems to be the position at present. The service we had from Rathgar was excellent: efficient courteous and friendly. I found it preferable to waiting in long queues in Rathmines. I know pensioners can get their pensions paid into the bank. However, not all have bank a/cs and, even it they have, closing the local PO is another nail in the coffin of human interaction at local level.

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