Councillors concerned at postal delays
FEBRUARY 2004
MEMBERS of Dundalk town council seek a meeting with senior representatives of An Post to discuss the local service.
A number of councillors highlight delays affecting postal deliveries in certain parts of the town, complaining that agendas for a meeting which are franked on 5 February do not arrive until five days later.
The matter is raised by Cllr Martin Bellew who says he only gets the agenda on 10 February, the day of the meeting, and hasn’t the opportunity to read material relating to proposed development levies.
This happens on a number of occasions, he continues. He also receives invitations which arrive on the morning of events.
Cllr Bellew believes the council should ask An Post for an explanation as to how it takes so long for letters to be delivered from one part of Dundalk to another.
He wonders if the town is in different sections for deliveries. He doesn’t think the problem lies with the local service or postmen, rather the fact post has to go elsewhere for sorting.
Cllr Bellew thinks something is wrong if post from the biggest town in Ireland has to go 50 miles to be sorted before being delivered.
His call for an explanation is backed by Cllr Pearse O’Hanrahan who points out an agenda for a traffic meeting fails to arrive.
Cllr Séamus Keelan suspects some areas of the town are worse than others, recalling that former councillor Seán Kenna always got his mail two or three days after the rest of the members.
Cllr Jim Cousins wonders if the council should consider using private deliveries.
It is agreed to invite a senior executive of An Post to attend a meeting.