Roscommon Post Office is set to close after An Post confirmed it will become a contractor run post office. The national postal service says the Roscommon town branch will join 95 per cent of the country's 900 plus post offices in this new business model. An Post has described it as a significant business opportunity for prospective postmasters in the area.
It added that as a commercial semi-state company, it had an obligation to operate in a commercial manner. The company said staff will be offered a number of options including taking up employment with the new Postmaster or deployment elsewhere in the An Post network. In a statement to Shannonside News, An Post said it was likely a new location for the post office will be sought by the new Postmaster.
