Thurles post office relocation
Jackie Cahill objected to An Post moving Thurles post office away from the town centre, arguing it conflicted with Project Ireland 2040 and town-centre rejuvenation. The Taoiseach said the Government had no role in where post offices are located and that the national framework did not apply to individual site decisions.
Councillors met in Waterford on Friday and voted on Project Ireland 2040, the national planning framework. One of the key points in that plan is the rejuvenation of town centres. An Post took a decision in recent weeks to move the post office in the centre of Thurles to a location in a shopping centre 700 m away. We heard today of a town in Laois where the company has made a similar decision. Is the Government going to stand idly by and allow a State agency to make decisions that fly in the face of its national planning framework? Will this be allowed to continue?
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I am sorry but the Government does not have any role in where post offices are located in a particular town.
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Does the national framework plan not have a role to play?