A closed Post Office in Ballybay, Co Monaghan
The public is up in arms over the closure of post offices.
Our village once had three pubs, two groceries, a butcher, a Garda station and a post office, and all this before a huge speculative building spree of new houses and an increase in population. We now are down to one pub and a hotel catering for passing traffic.
What the closed businesses did not have was the loyalty or custom of the locals. Businesses need support year round if they are to survive, and it is useless and too late to kick up a fuss when the harm is done.
John K Rogers,
Rathowen,
Co Westmeath.