Calls have been made locally for increased funding in the post office network.
Postmasters previously shared a pot of €30 million in funding in 2022 over three years to help save them from closure.
While 17 post offices in the Shannonside region have closed in the past 10 years.
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Councillor Pádraig McNamara previously spent six years on the board of An Post.
He feels the role of post offices cannot be understated:
