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Dispatch · 16 Jul 2026

An Post moves Rathmines post office into a Centra — and the community calls a protest.

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  • Some members of the community in Rathmines were informed over the past couple of days that the post office is due to close on Friday, July 17th. The replacement is a Centra shop just down the street; the post office being closed has stood since 1934. He calls the decision by An Post absolutely scandalous and a downgrading of a not-for-profit public service.
  • There is currently a mails and parcel collection service at the post office, and that is due to be relocated in early 2027 — which he says has big ramifications for local businesses in the area. A campaign started in Rathmines a couple of years ago gathered a petition with nearly 3,000 signatures and held a number of protests and demonstrations around the wider area.
  • He places the closure inside the European Union Postal Services Directive and a privatization agenda pursued by An Post at the behest of the government, and says the trade unions have signed up to what they call a “transformation agreement” with An Post which agreed to many of these closures. The people who rely on the service, he argues, are the elderly and vulnerable in the community.
  • The response is a demonstration at the post office at half four on Friday, July the 17th. He urges everybody in the local community to come along, and asks people to share the video so the information reaches the doorstep it affects.
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Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Over the past couple of days, some members of the community in Rathmines were informed that Rathmines post office is due to close on Friday, July 17th. This is an absolutely scandalous decision by An Post to push ahead with a downgrading of the not-for-profit public service. They're locating to a Centra shop just down the street from the iconic post office, which has been there since 1934, and is a massive, massive public service that has served our community so well.

For many, many years. But now, the idea is now to downgrade the service into the back of a Centra shop just down the street. Currently, there's a mails and parcel collection service there as well, which is due to be relocated in early 2027, which has, again, big ramifications for local businesses in the area. Now, a couple of years ago, we started a campaign in Rathmines to save our post office. We gathered a petition with nearly 3,000.

Signatures. We also held a number of protests, and also held a number of demonstrations around the wider area in terms of what took place uh in Rathmines, absolutely scandalous. But, in response to this, we need to stand up and say no, and say we need public services in our communities that are not-for-profit, not this privatization agenda being pursued by An Post at the behest of the government. And remember, this is part of the European Union Postal Services.

“And remember, this is part of the European Union Postal Services”

Directive. And not to mention the involvement of the trade unions with this. They've signed up to what they call a transformation agreement with An Post as well, which has agreed to many of these closures taking place. So, this is absolutely scandalous. It needs to be challenged, and the ordinary people need to stand up about proper public services, particularly those who are elderly and vulnerable who rely on this basic public service in our community. So, in response.

Tomorrow, Friday, July the 17th, we're holding a demonstration at the post office at Half Four. So, we urge everybody in the local community to come along. Please share this video and get the information out to what's taking place right on our doorstep. So, thanks for the support.

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16 Jul 2026 · Government · 2:22

An Post moves Rathmines post office into a Centra — and the community calls a protest.

Members of the community in Rathmines were told over a couple of days that Rathmines post office is due to close on Friday, July 17th, with the service relocating to a Centra shop just down the street from a post office that has been there since 1934. Dooley calls it a downgrading of a not-for-profit public service, notes the mails and parcel collection service there is due to be relocated in early 2027 with big ramifications for local businesses, and points to a campaign a couple of years ago that gathered a petition with nearly 3,000 signatures. He frames the closure as part of the European Union Postal Services Directive and of a “transformation agreement” the trade unions signed with An Post, and calls a demonstration at the post office at half four on the Friday.

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Some members of the community in Rathmines were informed over the past couple of days that the post office is due to close on Friday, July 17th. The replacement is a Centra shop just down the street; the post office being closed has stood since 1934. He calls the decision by An Post absolutely scandalous and a downgrading of a not-for-profit public service.
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There is currently a mails and parcel collection service at the post office, and that is due to be relocated in early 2027 — which he says has big ramifications for local businesses in the area. A campaign started in Rathmines a couple of years ago gathered a petition with nearly 3,000 signatures and held a number of protests and demonstrations around the wider area.
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He places the closure inside the European Union Postal Services Directive and a privatization agenda pursued by An Post at the behest of the government, and says the trade unions have signed up to what they call a “transformation agreement” with An Post which agreed to many of these closures. The people who rely on the service, he argues, are the elderly and vulnerable in the community.
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The response is a demonstration at the post office at half four on Friday, July the 17th. He urges everybody in the local community to come along, and asks people to share the video so the information reaches the doorstep it affects.
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Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Over the past couple of days, some members of the community in Rathmines were informed that Rathmines post office is due to close on Friday, July 17th. This is an absolutely scandalous decision by An Post to push ahead with a downgrading of the not-for-profit public service. They're locating to a Centra shop just down the street from the iconic post office, which has been there since 1934, and is a massive, massive public service that has served our community so well.

For many, many years. But now, the idea is now to downgrade the service into the back of a Centra shop just down the street. Currently, there's a mails and parcel collection service there as well, which is due to be relocated in early 2027, which has, again, big ramifications for local businesses in the area. Now, a couple of years ago, we started a campaign in Rathmines to save our post office. We gathered a petition with nearly 3,000.

Signatures. We also held a number of protests, and also held a number of demonstrations around the wider area in terms of what took place uh in Rathmines, absolutely scandalous. But, in response to this, we need to stand up and say no, and say we need public services in our communities that are not-for-profit, not this privatization agenda being pursued by An Post at the behest of the government. And remember, this is part of the European Union Postal Services.

“And remember, this is part of the European Union Postal Services”

Directive. And not to mention the involvement of the trade unions with this. They've signed up to what they call a transformation agreement with An Post as well, which has agreed to many of these closures taking place. So, this is absolutely scandalous. It needs to be challenged, and the ordinary people need to stand up about proper public services, particularly those who are elderly and vulnerable who rely on this basic public service in our community. So, in response.

Tomorrow, Friday, July the 17th, we're holding a demonstration at the post office at Half Four. So, we urge everybody in the local community to come along. Please share this video and get the information out to what's taking place right on our doorstep. So, thanks for the support.

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