This article is from page 14 of the 2014-11-04 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 14 JPG
will be rescheduled in the coming days.
An Post announced in late October that they plan to bring an end to all services currently provided in Cratloe Post Off ce from March of 2015. The local community were shocked by the announcement, which came in the wake of the Cratloe Post Off ce Action Group collecting more than 1,000 signatures from local people and businesses who are committed to supporting the post off ce. The future of Cratloe Post Off ce came into doubt in June of this year when it was discovered that the post off ce was not registered in the name of its current operator, Dermot O’Brien, but in the name of his brother who formally operated the business. This prompted An Post to conducted a review of operations in Cratloe, which found that the post off ce was not generating enough income to justify keeping it open. The Cratloe Post Off ce Action Group has appealed to An Post to give the facility a f veyear stay of execution, to see if the situation could be rectif ed, but that has been turned down by the postal service. According to the Cratloe Post Off ce Action Group, a number of local businesses could also be in jeopardy if the post off ce closes.