{"id":1301,"date":"2018-09-14T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2018-09-14T14:00:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T14:00:53","slug":"march-to-the-dail-to-stop-the-post-office-closures-18th-sept-2pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?p=1301","title":{"rendered":"March to the D\u00e1il to Stop the Post Office Closures &#8211; 18th Sept 2pm."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?attachment_id=1303\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1303\">A march to D\u00e1il has been arranged for 18th Sept. at 2pm.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Current\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Situation on\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Post Office Closures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>390 Post Offices were offered Exit package and not offered a new contract &#8211; of those\u00a0159 Postmasters are retiring; the remaining 231 not offered a new contract will inevitably close due to\u00a0decreasing income going forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A further 690 were offered a new 7-year contract, with no long-term security &#8211; An Post&#8217;s\u00a0 Government Social Welfare Contract that ends 31st Dec 2019 &#8211; there is no guarantee An Post will win the new contract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Future of the Network is Far from Secure:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?attachment_id=1303\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1303\" src=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-3-Logos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1594\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-3-Logos.jpg 1594w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-3-Logos-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-3-Logos-768x172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-3-Logos-1024x230.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-3-Logos-600x135.jpg 600w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-3-Logos-1320x296.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1594px) 100vw, 1594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Save our Post Office Network &#8211; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Protest March to D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann &#8211; Next Tuesday, Sept 18<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Enact the 2016 Dail Motion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Solution \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Introduce the phenomenally successful Kiwi Model of Community Banking to the Post Office Network.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Est. in New Zealand in 2002, now has 20% of the Banking Market &amp; 25% of all Banking Customers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Let&#8217;s make it happen in Ireland!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?attachment_id=1302\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1302\" src=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Save-Our-Post-Office-Network-Poster-Landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Save-Our-Post-Office-Network-Poster-Landscape.jpg 968w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Save-Our-Post-Office-Network-Poster-Landscape-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Save-Our-Post-Office-Network-Poster-Landscape-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Save-Our-Post-Office-Network-Poster-Landscape-600x426.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The letter below has been sent to all TDs, Senators<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>and Councillors;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dear\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We write to inform you of next Tuesday\u2019s protest march to D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann in support of the Post Office network and to further ask for your support (see attached poster for details). Your continued backing and anticipated attendance next Tuesday is surely one of the most important public interest actions to ever come before you. The current proposals to decimate the Post Office network are ill thought out, crude and run entirely contrary to the public interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We have highlighted in many forum\u2019s the current level of mis-information being disseminated regarding the Post Office network and the futility of the \u201csolutions\u201d being proffered by the Minister and An Post. PBFI and Independent Postmasters Group made presentations to the Oireachtas Communications Committee on the current Post Office crisis on September 4th last, in which a clear and unequivocal strategy for taking the Post Office network forward was set out, i.e. the remodelling of the network along the lines of New Zealand\u2019s Kiwi Bank (see link below, public session starts at 34mins 20secs).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oireachtas.ie\/en\/committees\/32\/communications-climate-action-and-environment\/\">https:\/\/www.oireachtas.ie\/en\/committees\/32\/communications-climate-action-and-environment\/<\/a> (Scroll down to \u2018Recent Videos\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Tue, 4 Sep 2018\u2019)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The planned decimation of the Post Office network will further erode the social fabric of rural Ireland and will set indigenous Ireland back a generation or more. The Post Office has always been the epi-centre of both rural and urban communities. The plan put forward by Minister Naughten and An Post is seriously flawed, however, there is an exciting way forward for the Post Office Network; it can be harnessed in a manner that drives Ireland\u2019s indigenous economy, both urban and rural and re-energises both rural and urban communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let\u2019s make it happen &#8211; Stop Post Office Closures and Enact the 2016 D\u00e1il Motion &#8211; Introduce the phenomenally successful Kiwi (Post Bank) model to the Irish Post Office Network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We look forward to seeing you in Dublin on the 18th. Together we can make history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Seamus F. Maye\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Co-Chair Public Banking Forum of Ireland &#8211; PBFI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tom O\u2019Callaghan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chair Independent Post Masters Group &#8211; IPG<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gerry Loftus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chair Save Rural Ireland<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact e-Mail: &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:admin@republicirelandbank.com\">admin@republicirelandbank.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2016 D\u00e1il Motion to Stop the Post Office Closures &amp; Secure the Long-term survival of the Network:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/?attachment_id=1282\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" src=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2016-D\u00e1il-Motion-Post-Office-Community-Banking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"837\" height=\"1625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2016-D\u00e1il-Motion-Post-Office-Community-Banking.png 837w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2016-D\u00e1il-Motion-Post-Office-Community-Banking-155x300.png 155w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2016-D\u00e1il-Motion-Post-Office-Community-Banking-768x1491.png 768w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2016-D\u00e1il-Motion-Post-Office-Community-Banking-527x1024.png 527w, https:\/\/republicirelandbank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2016-D\u00e1il-Motion-Post-Office-Community-Banking-600x1165.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">We hope to see you in Dublin on the 18th.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Think about it &#8211; Community Banking in every Post Office in Ireland.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">We can escape the rip-off Commercial Banks!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"IrlPublicBanks\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"March%20to%20the%20D%C3%A1il%20to%20Stop%20the%20Post%20Office%20Closures%20-%2018th%20Sept%202pm.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A march to D\u00e1il has been arranged for 18th Sept. at 2pm.\u00a0 Current\u00a0Situation on\u00a0Post Office Closures: 390 Post Offices were<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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