Members of the Irish Postmasters’ Union will be balloted on proposals by An Post to save the network.
According to today’s Irish Times, several hundred members of the union attended a meeting in Tullamore yesterday at which they received a briefing from the union’s executive.
The executive said it had voted unanimously to approve the deal from An Post which was negotiated over three months by senior counsel TurloughO’Donnell.
The €50 million deal – announced last week – will secure the future of most of the 1,000-strong post office network around the country.
IPU president, Roscommon based Paddy McCann urged members before yesterday’s meeting to vote in favour of the deal, saying that it is the “best possible negotiated solution for the future of the Post Office network” and ensures the viability of as large a network as possible.
The ballot will take place on May 11th and results will be known a couple of weeks after that.
