An Post to sell landmark building
Roscommon’s iconic Post Office at The Square will cease to provide a postal service early in the New Year – and An Post is to press ahead with plans to sell the landmark premises.
An Post has confirmed that the postal service in Roscommon Town is to be switched to a new Postmaster in an existing retail business in Main Street.
Following a public outcry over its plans, the company had committed in February to seeking to appoint a new Postmaster to run the service in the existing post office building, but that will not now happen.
The news was conveyed by An Post to Senator Eugene Murphy and Cllr Paschal Fitzmaurice earlier this week.
The service will be discontinued in the existing Post Office building at The Square in early 2025, and a premises in Main Street will be the new location for the postal service. Staff will have the option of moving to the new location. An Post is to press ahead with plans to sell the iconic building.
In February, An Post made the shock announcement that it had decided to switch its service in Roscommon Town to a contractor-run post office.
After a huge public outcry, the company committed (later in February) that it would seek to appoint a new Postmaster to run the postal service from the current premises at The Square in Roscommon.
However, An Post has now confirmed that its original controversial plan – to close the famous building and move the service elsewhere – is going ahead.
Cllr Paschal Fitzmaurice (Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council) and Senator Eugene Murphy have both expressed disappointment that An Post is not appointing a Postmaster to run the service from the existing building on the Square.
See tomorrow’s Roscommon People for more on this breaking story.
