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PETITION SIGNATORIES
____________ Shirley
McLoughlin, Bere Island
(975)
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Desmond O' Sullivan, Rerrin, Bere
Island ___________
Brian Sullivan, Ballinakilla, Bere
Island
___________
Gerard Sullivan, Ballinakilla,
Bere Island
___________
Maurice Nelligan, Rerrin, Bere
Island
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Cyril Murphy, Ardagh, Bere Island
____________ Cormac
Sidley, Cloughland, Bere Island
Comment: "It's vital tot he community".
____________ Marcel
Schultz, Cabin, Bere Island
___________
Bernard Hallahan, Cloughland, Bere
Island
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Gemma Hunt, Rerrin, Bere Island
___________
Michael Harrington, Bere Island
____________ David
Elphick, Bere Island
____________
Michael McNamara, Bere Island ___________
Michelle Looney, Bantry, Co.
Cork
___________ Keelin
Mooney, Bere Island
___________ Paul
Mooney, Bere Island
___________ Brenda
Sullivan, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
__________
Mary Mooney, Bere Island
___________
Raphael McCarthy, Bere Island
____________ Tony
Mulhall
Comment: "Automation is for everybody".
___________
Vince Downey, Cloughland, Bere
Island
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Anna Riddell, Rerrin, Bere Island
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Helen Riddell, Rerrin, Bere Island
____________ Michael
K Sullivan, Rerrin, Bere Island
____________ Daniel
Herda, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
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Patrick O' Sullivan
(950)
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Sam & Angela Roberts
____________ Michael
Greville, 2 Lonehort Rd, Bere Island
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Alfred F. Orpen, Ballinakilla,
Bere Island
____________ Marie
Orpen, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
Comment:"We need our Post Office computerised".
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Donal Harrington, Bere Island
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Daniel Moriarty, Bere Island
___________ Tony
O' Leary, Greenane, Bere Island
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Mary Carleton, Bere Island
_____________ Kay
Mullins, Bere Island
Comment: "We want to livein the 21st Century".
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Danny McCarthy, Bere Island
_____________ Mary
Murphy, Rerrin, Bere Island
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Timothy Hanley, Greenane, Bere
Island
___________
Catherine Carroll, Greenane, Bere
Island
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AnnMarie Harrington, Rerrin, Bere
Island
Comment: "Most houses have a computer so in this day and
age our Post Office should have one too".
___________ Irene
O' Sullivan, Bere Island
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Joanna Riddell, Bere Island
_____________ Lena
Sullivan, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
____________ Mark
Sullivan, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
___________ Catherine
Sullivan, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
____________ John
Sullivan (Seir), West End House, Bere Island,
____________ Oliver
Sullivan, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
____________ John
Hunt, Ardagh, Bere Island
____________
Patricia Hunt, Ardagh, Bere Island
____________ James
Orpen, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
_____________ Dominic
Orpen, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
____________
Michael O' Leary, Cloughland, Bere
Island
Comment: "We need to keep our Post Office".
_____________ Mick
J. Sullivan, Bere Island
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Paul Sidley, Bere Island
Comment: "We can't do without the PO".
____________ Imelda
Sidley, Bere Island
Comment: " We couldn't do without our local Post
Office".
____________ Michael
Dennehy Jnr, Greenane, Bere Island
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Finola Crowley, Bere Island
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Ellen Mullins, Bere Island
Comment: "Bring us up to speed".
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Pat O' Sullivan, 8 Coastguard
Station, Rerrin, Bere Island
____________ Mike,
Bernie, Amy & Michael Orpen, Bere Island _____________ Catherine
Orpen
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Gerald Orpen, Bere Island
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Mary Orpen, Bere Island
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Rachel O' Sullivan, Ardagh, Bere
Island
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Bernie O' Sullivan, 62 Bere Island
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Fiona & Euan Munroe, Skerries,
Dublin
Comment: "Post Office is essential to island
life".
____________ Anne,
Marie & Dermot Kinsella, West End, Bere Island
Comment: "Please don not close the Post Office".
____________ Mary
& Frank Kinsella, Derricreveen, Bere Island
Comment: "Retain Post Office & automate".
(901)
____________ Mary
Mooney, Errigal Road, Dublin 12
____________ Margaret
Harrington, Derricreveen, Bere Island
Comment: "How can an island community survive without a
Post Office?".
____________ Carolyn
Flynn, Bere Island
Comment: "Best of luck with this".
____________
Mark Wickham
Comment: "Post Office is communication and social
____________ Kevin
O' Sullivan, Bank, Bere Island
____________ Albert
Walker, Bere Island
____________ Kitty
Murphy Walker, Bere Island
Comment: "It would be very difficult to live on Bere Island
without a Post Office".
___________ Elenita
O' Sullivan, Rerrin, Bere Island, Co. Cork
Comment: "Automation would be good".
___________
Liam Murphy, Droum South,
Castletownbere
____________ Collette
Murphy, Droum South, Castletownbere
___________
Ian Murphy, Droum South,
Castletownbere
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Michael Murphy, Aokmount,
Castletownbere
____________ Adrian
Murphy, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Comment: "Automate the Post Office & keep Bere Island
alive".
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Patrick Dennehy, Bere Island
____________ Michael
Dennehy Snr, Greenane, Bere Island
____________ Mary
Dennehy, Greenane, Bere Island
Comment: "Retain & automate the PO".
_____________ Noreen
Dennehy, Greenane, Bere Island
Comment: "Retain & automate the PO".
____________ Laura
& Elizabeth Kinsella, Swords, Co. Dublin
Comment: "The PO is the hub of island life".
____________ Emer
Shanahan, Swords, Co. Dublin
Comment: "Retain & automate the Post Office".
___________
Leo Orpen, Tralee
___________ Dellannah
Harrington, Bere Island
___________
Cihan Harrington, Bere Island
___________ John
Orpen, Bere Island
___________
Vincent O' Neill, Bere Island
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John J O' Sullivan, Ardagh, Bere
Island
____________ Bryan
Hodges, Allihies, Co. Cork
____________
Catherine Orpen
____________
David Harte, Parc na Galan
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Michelle Sullivan, Ballinakilla
____________ Jonathon
Tighe, Parc na Galan
____________ John
K Sullivan, 62 Bere Island
Comment: "Must have".
____________
Joanne Sullivan, Ballinakilla,
Bere Island
Comment: " Would be greatly missed if no PO in Bere
Island".
____________ Con
Sullivan, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
Comment: " We can't do without".
_____________ Brenda
Elphick, Bere Island
___________ Paddy
& Margaret McCarthy, Ardagh, Bere Island
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Mary McCarthy, Cloughland, Bere
Island
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Derek Toner
____________
Sheila O' Mulhall
____________ Mary
Moylan
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Emma Sullivan
____________
Senan Sullivan
____________ Declan
Sullivan
____________ Julie
Crowley, Seattle USA
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John Harrington, WestEnd, Bere
Island
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Patrick Sullivan
Comment: "The post office is a vital part of the Bere
Island community. We must do every thing possible to save it".
____________
Lesley Lawrence, Monkstown,
Co.\Dublin
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Debbie Lowney Perelli
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Triona Nicholl, Ladby, Næstved,
Denmark
(850)
___________
Ciaran O’Donnell, 25 The grove,
Kinincha Raod, Gort, Co. Galway
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Eoin Derivan, Malahide, Co. Dublin
___________
Kathleen Twomey, Castletownbere
___________ Gerard
Harrington, Glengarriff
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Paula White, Oldcourt hse, Manor
Kilbride, Wicklow
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Sarah (nee Derivan), John and Cora
Lee
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Dr Matt Murphy, Bantry Co Cork
Comment: "The closure of rural post offices is a death
knell to local communities.The state has a duty of care to maintain equal
access to services for both rural and urban dwellers. Please do not allow
Bere Island Post Office to close".
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Ann Murphy, Bantry Co Cork
Comment: "Please keep the Post Office open - the local
community needs it".
____________
Niamh Murphy, Bantry, Co Cork
____________
Eoin Wickham, Bantry, Co. Cork
Comment: 'Don't close the Post Office'
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Gráinne O'Sullivan,
Castletownbere
Comment: " In a world that is becoming more generic every
year, Bere Island still retains 'a special something' which should be held
precious and nurtured. Do not limit Bere Island's possibilities in this
21st century by curtailing its use of technology and preventing it from
flourishing. Anyone who has ever set foot in Bere Island knows that it is
the jewel in Ireland's crown!".
____________
John Harrington Seattle USA &
Derricreveen
Comment: "A functioning post office will be vital to the
future development of Bere Island".
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Fiona Harrington, Ferry Lodge,
Bere Island, Co. Cork
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Eilís Harrington, West End, Bere
Island, Co. Cork
Comment: "Upgrade the Post Office and develop a modern
environment".
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Teresa Hall, Bere Island
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Marie Collins, Wellington Road
Cork and Billeragh Garinish Beara
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Owen Boyden, Coomhola, Bantry, Co.
Cork
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Catherine & Martin Kingston,
Ballyhoulahan, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork
Comment: "We would be very annoyed and disappointed to see
the closure of Bere Island post office and sincerely hope that it is
retained. Lets see the use of some common sense and consideration for the islanders
and visitors on this issue. It is a vital piece of
infrastructure".
____________
Conor Derivan
___________ Gobnait
Long
Comment: "I wish to add my name to this petition to get the
Post Office on Bere Island computerised as soon as possible".
____________
P J Myers Farrankindry Cashel Co
Tipperary
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Ann & Patrick Sullivan,
Harbour View, Bere Island
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Joyce and Philip Bridge 8,
Beechwood Grove, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Comment: "We support the saving and upgrading of the Post
Office on Bere Island".
_____________
Mike Paladini, 16784 Stanfiled ct.
Castro Valley, CA 94552
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Caoimhin Mac Unfraidh, 3
Ferrypoint, Passage West, Cork
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Stéphanie Renaud Soubra 4bis rue
Paul Vaillant Couturier 92300 Levallois Perret (France)
____________ Antoin
Mac Unfraidh
Comment: "Is mian liom ar dtacaiocht a thabhairt do Ms Mary
Murphy ata i mbun oifig an phoist sa Reidhrinn. Is ais don phobail agus
seirbhis den scoth a shuireann si ar fail.
I wish to support Ms Mary Murphy who provides such an excellent service at
the Post Office at Laurence's Cove".
____________
Jim O’Neill
& Agnes Higgins
Comment: "We support the retention of Rerrin Post
Office".
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Noel and Catherine Harrington and
Family, Castletownbere Post Office
Comment: "It is imperative that the Post Office in Rerrin
will be automated as soon as possible so that new and vital services are
available to all that live and visit Bere Island. These services are not
regarded as extras or luxuries any longer, they are necessities to support
more isolated and rural communities. Best wishes and success to Mary and
the Murphy Family".
____________ Marian
O'Halloran, West Waterford
Comment: "Keep the post office open, such services are
vital in any community particulary from a societal viewpoint, closure
would be a retrograde step". ___________ Pat
Meade, New Malden, Surrey, UK
Comment: "Please don’t close the local post office it’s
important for the local community".
___________
Claire Shefford nee Stockley,
Beacon Hill, NSW, Australia
____________
Harry Stockley, Slough, Berks, UK
____________
Fran Johnson, Sandymount, Dublin
Comment: "The local Post Office is a vital part of any
community.Please RETAIN the Post Office".
____________
Barry Sidley, Greenane, Bere
Island & Swansea
____________ Pat
Lahart
_____________ Kevin
Mc Carthy
Comment: "It would be unthinkable to close such a vital
service to an island community. Someone must get sense and put a stop to
this outrageous decision".
_____________
Seamus O Meachair
Comment: "I wish to support the petition to upgrade and
automate the post Office on
Bere Island".
____________
John McCarthy, 44 na banta,
Ladysbridge, Co Cork
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Deirdre Humphreys, Heuston Square,
Kilmainham, Dublin 8
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The Long Family, Grantstown,
Waterford
____________
Oliver Gray, Lt. Col (retd),
former OC 11 Infantry Battalion
Comment: "I hereby declare my support for the retention of
the Post Office at Bere Island, Co. Cork".
_____________
Noel & Leonora Kelly, The
Lough Cork
Comment: "Please keep the Post Office open - the local
community needs it".
(800)
____________ Ryan
Mullins, Bere Island
____________ Jeffery
Mullins, Bere Island
____________ Mary
Mullins, Bere Island
____________
John Mullins, Bere Island
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Sarah Lundy Malahide,Dublin
Comment: "Retain the Post Office on Bere Island".
_____________
Vincent Lundy, Malahide, Co.
Dublin
_____________
Grace Finn, Curriglass, Newtown,
Charleville, Co. Cork
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Adria Finn, Flat 3 No. 10
Rathmines Rd, Rathmines, Dublin 6
_____________
Moll Linehan, Garinish, Beara,
Co.Cork
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Alexandra O' Connell, Flat 3, 10
Rathmines Rd Upper, Dublin 6
Comment: "Please keep the Post Office open, it would
be very sad to have it go, we need to keep our Island life strong.
This would be a major set back for the area. My Grandfather was Timothy
Kelly, who was the postman on the Island years ago so this is something
very dear to me".
____________
Morgan O' Sullivan, Derrymihan
West, Castletownbere, Co. Cork
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Paul Stockley, 32, Glenview Park,
Dillons Cross, Cork
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Clare and John Stockley,
Cambridge, UK.
_____________
Caitriona O Sullivan, Douglas,
Cork
_____________ Pat
Gorry, Kilcoran Rd, Youghal, Co. Cork
Comment: "Please automate the Post Office in Rerrin, Bere
Island".
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John O' Sullivan, 17760 Sweetbriar
Place, Castro Valley, CA 94546
Comment: "I am writing on behalf of my dad, John Joe
O'Sullivan, who relies so heavily on the post office that he doesn't even
bother with email. John stays in touch with his brother Oliver, who lives
on the island, via the post and it would be a great loss to them both were
it to be discontinued".
____________ Dan
Sullivan, 1927 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Comment: "I'd like to express my concern for the possible
closure of the Post Office on Bere Island. Postal communication is both
economically and socially vital for the health of the community. Should it
be discontinued, it would be a crippling blow to the people of Bere
Island. Please take into consideration both the young people who might be
competing for jobs locally, and the elderly who look forward to hearing
from distant loved ones. Moreover think of these elders who are not able
to stroll down to the ferry (let alone in February) and spend their
pension money going across to town for a letter that may not even be
there. And of course there are the multitude of people and reasons between
these two important, and very real, examples. Please remember the
ramifications of your actions, and reconsider cutting off postal
communication with the people of Bere Island.
____________
Anne Twohig, Clogheen, Cork
Comment: "By closing the Post Office, the islanders will be
cut off from the main land. Communication is a basic human right. Please
RETAIN the Post Office".
_____________
Mary Fitzgerald, Pine Crest,
Meenane, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork
Comment: "Please please do not let this Post Office close
down as it would be a sad loss to the people of the island".
_____________
Síle Harrington, Dalkey, Co.
Dublin
_____________
Alan Monnelly, Dalkey, Co. Dublin
____________
Stanley and Susan Mac
Allister, Chetwynd, Cork
Comment: "The local Post Office is a vital organ in the
body of any community. The island needs it just as you need your
lungs".
_____________ Mary
Lock (nee Meade) Ashtead Surrey UK
Comment: "Please keep the Post Office Open - the local
community needs it".
_____________ Eileen
O' Sullivan O' Connor, "Beann Beara", Well Rd, Douglas, Cork
(formerly of Ardra, Bere Island)
Comment: "The services provided by Bere Island Post
Office are a vital necessity for the people of Bere Island. I support
upgrading the facilities at the Post Office".
_____________
Suzanna Cosgrave, Ballyshoneen,
Berrings, Co. Cork
_____________
Andrina Mc Carthy
____________
Mary-Anne Power, Castletownbere
____________
Dan O'Connell, The Glen,
Glenbrook, Co. Cork
Comment: "I would like to lend my support to the people of
Bere Island in their campaign to maintain and upgrade their Post Office.
The Island's infrastructure is important both to the local residents and
the many visitors who travel there annually".
_____________
Helen Kahn The Old Post Office
Church Street Cloyne
Comment: "Please keep it open".
_____________
Sean Sloyan, Charlotte Sloyan, Ian
Sloyan, Barbara Sloyan & Karla Sloyan
Comment: "Keep Post Office Open".
_____________ The
Long Family, Ashford, Co. Wicklow
_____________
Michael & Catherine Doherty,
Artane, Dublin
____________
Maire Lahart, Killenaule, Co.
Tipperary
____________
Meadhbh Harrington, Mallow, Co.
Cork
___________
Eilís Harrington, Terenure,
Dublin 6W
___________
Pádraig Harrington, Manley,
Sydney, Australia
___________
Marc Scully, Milton Keynes,
England
____________
Thomas Newman Postmaster Schull
____________
Mairead Scully, Ballinhassig, Co.
Cork
____________
David Long, Clontarf, Dublin 3
____________
Eily Reid, Bonnyrigg, Scotland
Comment: "The post office provides vital services to the
Bere Island community, especially those islanders who have difficulty
travelling to the mainland. It should be retained and upgraded to
provide the services expected in the 21st century".
____________ Cormac
Long, 57 Hanslough Rd, Middeltown, Co. Armagh, BT60 4HL
(750)
____________ Anne,
Paul, Katie, Alice & Helen Murray, "Carrigmore", Golf Links
Rd, Youghal, Co. Cork
____________
Joanna Cox (nee Pratt), Holbeach,
Lincs
Comment: "I have fond memories of the Post Office, and
would be devastated if it were not to flourish and expand".
____________
Bob Crowley, Ballinikilla Bere
Island
____________ Jennifer
O' Mahony, 44 Na Banta, Ladysbridge, Co. Cork
Comment: "Have visited this wonderful island on a few
occasions, the post office must be saved, its the heart of the
island!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
____________ Mary
O' Leary, pic du jer park, Ballinlough, Cork
Comment: "I wish to add my name to the petition against the
closure of Bere Island post office".
____________
Aileen Crowley, Rosemount House,
Farran, Co. Cork.
____________
Paddy and Ged Crowley, Rosemount
House, Farran, Co. Cork
____________
Aideen Mcgrath, Thomastown, Co.
Kilkenny
____________
Ray, Ber & Shauna Kenny
____________
Diane Duggan -Derricreveen, Bere
Island/Dublin
Comment: "The Bere Island community is more than the sum of
it's people, it is a place whose history and spirit keeps generations of
islanders coming home from all corners of the globe. The Post Office
is and will be central to that legacy continuing. It is is vital
that not only does the Post Office remain but that it is updated to serve
the needs of 21st century Ireland".
____________
John Hickey, Danganmore,
Dunnamaggin, Co. Kilkenny
____________
Aoife O'Connell and Keith Burns,
Edinburgh
Comment: "Save the Post Office".
____________
Tamara O'Connell, 11 Castle Road,
Dundalk, Co Louth
Comment: "I'd like to sign the petition for the retention
of the postoffice. Good luck with the campaign".
____________
Seamus Murray, 6 Enniskerry Road,
Phibsborough, Dublin 7
____________ Eddie.
O' Sullivan, Slough, England & Rerrin, Bere Island
Comment: "Maintain and upgrade the Post Office. As an
islander (born and reared in the village old Post Office) I know that the
Post Office is an absolute necessity for the community who do not have
instant access to resources taken for granted on the mainland".
___________
Helen & David Drinkwater,
Manea, Cambridgeshire, England
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Mary and Gerard Humphreys
Comment: "Bere Island Post Office is an integral and
central service in the life of this Island Community. It is with horror
and total disbelief that I heard of the threat to close this Vital
Community Service. Can I urge the Minister and those concerned to stop
before they damage the fragile fabric of this small and isolated Island
Community. Mary Murphy and all the Murphy family have provided a wonderful
service which went beyond the call of duty, to the local people. To close
the Post Office would be akin to a kiss of death to the community, which
has survived despite all the trajedies and hardships they have met. I am
sure I echo the views and sentiments of those of us who are lucky enough
to have a connection to this great place and its wonderful people".
____________
Maureen & Michael Martowska, 2
Edgewater Dr., Lakeville, MA U.S.A
Comment: "We fully support keeping the Post Office open on
Bere Island".
____________
Mick O'Brien, Dublin
Comment: "Please keep this post office open for the public
....".
____________
Brian Moran
Comment: "A chara, is mian liom mo mhíshásamh faoin
chinneadh is déanaí maidir le Oifig an Phoist ar Oileán Bhéarra a dhúnadh.
Táim ag súil go ndéinfear athbhreithniú ar an gcás go luath".
____________ Roberto
Macias Escutia, Dundalk, Co.Louth
Comment: "This post office means a lot to the local people.
Please do not close it down".
____________
Edward Walsh
Comment: "it will do a huge disservice to the islanders if
this is closed
____________
Jana Cussen
Comment: "Dont close it".
____________
Deirdre Breen
____________
Michael McLoughlin, Bere Island
Comment: "We rely on Mary for many things, not least the
Post Office service. Please support her with the upgrade".
____________ Bill
Hurley, Lt Colonel, US Marines (Retired), Hyannis, MA, USA
Comment: "Please refrain from closing the present post
office, I have family and friends in the area and would be disappointed if
I was not able to avail of the PO".
____________
Elizabeth Cardone, Glen Mills, PA,
USA
____________
Declan O'Grady, Douglas Road,
Cork
____________
Caoimhe Humphreys, Knocklyon,
Dublin
____________
Colm óg Humphreys, Dublin
____________
Colm Humphreys, Dublin
____________
Michael Humphreys, Dublin
___________
Trish Humphreys, Dublin
___________
Ann-Marie O' Sullivan, Emmet
House, Barrack Square, Ballincollig, Cork
____________ Sandra
O' Mahony
Comment:"Don't close the Post Office". ____________
John Phelan, 18 millrace Road,
Phoenix Park Racecourse, Castleknock, Dublin 15
____________
Josephine Derivan, Malahide, Co.
Dublin
____________
Henry Tobin,
Everton House, Newton Road, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK, TQ13 9BB
Comment: "please add my name to the petition against
closure of the post office. We have seen the really negative impact
of post office closures in rural communities in the UK and of course this
would be so much worse on an island. Good luck with the
campaign".
____________
Vincent Harrington, West End, Bere
Island, Beara, Co. Cork
Comment: "Please retain the Post Office".
(700)
____________
Eibhlín Murray, Rostellan,
Co.Cork
____________
Esther Power, Cork
____________
Maura and Robin O' Sullivan,
Bishopstown, Cork
Ann-Marie and Adrian O' Keeffe and Family, Ballincollig, Cork
John and Sandra O' Sullivan and Family, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Barry and Kim O' Sullivan and Family, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Robin O' Sullivan and Gill Brohan, Grange, Douglas, Cork
Tom O' Sullivan, Grange, Douglas, Cork
Comment: "All the O'Sullivan family have the happiest
memories of Bere Island over many years. The post office at Rerrin
(not to mention the Murphy family) was always a huge part of what made the
island so special. Don't allow the faceless bureaucrats to win this
one - it must be retained".
____________
Laurence Walsh, Bere Island
_____________
Gráinne Murray, Whitegate, Co.
Cork
____________
Scully Family, Ballinhassig
____________
Maria Campbell, Merrion Plaza,
Fenian St, Dublin 2
____________
Éamonn Long, Middletown, Co.
Armagh
_____________
Frank, Sheila, Killian & Luke
Walsh, 10 The Lawn, Westgrove, Donnybrook, Cork
Comment: "As regular visitors we fully support this upgrade
of the post office which is vital to both the local community and visitors
to Bere Island".
____________ Deirdre
Long, Waterford
___________
Anne Marie Curtin, 5 Marble Hall
Gardens, Ballinlough Road, Cork
____________
Seamus and Rita Harrington, Cork
and Bere Island
____________
Mary O'Shea Pic Du Jer Park, Cork
___________
John-Daniel Harrington, 15
Bakersfield, Crayford Road, London, N7 0LT
___________
Hilary Wakeman, Schull, Co.Cork
___________ Kevin,
Eileen, Brian, Ian & Shane McCarthy, Rochestown, Cork
____________
Kerry, Mary, Sarah, Morna &
Kate Creedon, Vancouver, Canada
___________
Tara Hennessy- Bawnard, Midleton,
Co.Cork.
Comment: "I think it's abundantly clear that updating this
vital service would be progress, while closing it would be a step
backwards. Best of luck in your campaign to keep the post office
open".
___________
Connie Tobin nee Cahill
Comment:"As a former native of Bere Island,I had a very
happy childhood there.I would like to give my support to keeping the post
office open.I have passed this to my family here and they too will give
their support.I hope it will be a success".
____________
Bram Risseeuw, Finaha,
Castletownbere
____________
Aedamar Lennon, The Mews, Rear of
24 Leinster Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
____________
Sheila O'Shea, Kilkenny
____________
Gertie O'Sullivan, The Shell,
Castletownbere
____________
John Finbarr O'Sullivan,
Gortamora, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
___________
Margaret Hyde
Comment: " Please upgrade the post office in Bere Island".
____________
Anna Murphy, EI Geraldo, Western
Rd, Cork
____________
Aongus Twomey
___________
William & Eva Daly, 32.
Somerton Park, Ballinlough, Cork
(650)
____________ O'
Riordan Family - London & Bere Island
____________
William and Kitty Rooney,
Malahide, Co Dublin
Comment: " Let's keep a community...please do not base all
decisions on economics".
___________
Steve Herbert
Comment: "I have been a regular visitor to Bere Island for
40years and I have seen how the local community has battled to
survive and how in recent times things have improved. The Irish
Government tries to play its part in supporting the islands of Ireland,
but the community is fragile. Bere Island needs its Post Office if it
is to thrive - it must be retained".
___________
Brenda Herbert
___________
Ivan McCutcheon, West Cork
Development Partnership, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
___________
Una Kingston, Bere Island
Comment: "Save Our Post Office".
____________
Mary McKeever, 51 The Holly,
Rockfield, Dundrum, Dublin 14
___________
Joe McKeever, 63 Rathborne Drive,
Ashtown
____________
Sharon Knowles, 140 Beech Park,
Ballincollig,Co Cork
___________
Noel & Phyllis O'Sullivan,
Blackrock, Co Dublin
__________
Stephen Gallagher, Barrow Street,
Dublin
___________
Ruth O’Donnell, London
____________
Conor Twomey, 2 Mount Prospect,
Shanakiel, Cork
____________
Mary Ryan & David Morrisroe,
Greenane, Bere Island ____________
Shane O' Flynn, 5 Sussex Terrace,
Donnybrook, Dublin 4
_____________ Mairead
McWhinney, Cork
____________
Richie McKeever, 41 Granitefield
Manor, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
____________
Caroline Friedman, 2308 E. Carson
Street, Pittsburgh PA
Comment: "My grandmother was born on Bere Island and my
great uncle still lives there. Please keep the Post Office
open".
____________
Valerie O'Sullivan, Goulds Hill,
Mallow, Co. Cork
____________
Eleanor Knowles, 140, Beech Park,
Ballincollig, Co. Cork
____________ Conor
Daly, Clapham, London (also Bishopstown, Cork) (Granny from Bere Island)
___________
Eileen Twomey
Comment: "Please retain".
____________
Breda O'Neill,
Rath, Danesfort, Kilkenny
Comment: "Save local post office".
____________
John O'Sullivan Camp's Bay ,Cape
Town ,South Africa
Comment: "I visited bere island when i was younger and my
dad told me how important the post office is if you live on an
island.Cannot understand why they want to close it".
___________
Emma-Jane Hyland - Dublin
____________ Karen
McLoughlin, 19 Limelawn Glade, Clonsilla, Dublin 15
____________
Patrick
Lovatt, Sydney, NSW, Australia
___________
Kathleen
Lovatt, 42 Campbell Crescent, Terrigal, NSW AUSTRALIA
____________ Dominic
Lovatt, Terrigal, Australia
Comment: "Definitely keep the post office on Bere
Island".
____________
James Lovatt, Publisher –
Lovatts Publishing Group, Sydney, Australia
Comment: "Not having a post office will seriously disrupt
my business while I am living on Bere Island".
___________ Brenda,
Nick, Rob, Katie Chohan, San Diego, California
___________ Graham
Reid, Bonnyrigg, Scotland
Comment: "The island needs the post office. I hope this
petition assists in retaining it".
___________
Muireann O'Sullivan, Sandyford, Dublin 16
____________
Clare Brennan, 18 Millrace Road,
Phoenix Park Racecourse, Castleknock, Dublin 15
___________
Sean and Sara Crowley
Comment: "Bere Island post office must be retained and
upgraded. Island people pay their taxes toooooooo".
___________
Gearóid O Sullivan, 14 Village
Green, Omeath, Co. Louth
Comment: "Losing the post office would be a big loss to
Rerrin and the island".
____________ Marcia
McCord, 122 Ventura St, Vallejo, CA 94590, USA
Comment: "We love West Cork and Bere Island. Please
keep heaven open. Don't close the gates".
____________ John
P Kelly, 122 Ventura St, Vallejo, CA 94590
Comment: "The letters from and to Bere are the blood flow
of the soul. The Post Office links families, lovers and friends from
across the world. We must keep the memories, feelings, and thoughts
flowing. _____________
Kim Knowles, 140 Beech
Park, Ballincollig, Co. Cork
____________
Pádraig McKeever, 10
Kilteragh Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18
___________
Clíona Ní Shúilleabháin, 84
Carysfort Downs, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Comment: "The post office should be saved!"
____________
Fiona & Ger O'Neill, Garnish
(601)
____________
Fidelma Ni Mhuirgheasa, Sandyford, Dublin
Comment: "Please save Bere Island Post office".
____________
Diarmuid Claridge, Slieverue, Co.
Kilkenny
____________
Deirdre McNamara, Cheekpoint, Co
Waterford
____________
Lukasz Gruszka, 6b Priory Close,
N14 4AS London
____________
Margaret Thorp
Comment: "I support the retention of your post office and
the upgrade required".
_____________
Brendan O'Sullivan, Goulds Hill,
Mallow, Co Cork
_____________
Mary Power
_____________
Evelyn O'Sullivan, 8 Highfields,
Carrigaline, Co. Cork
____________
Sean O' Shea, 51 Cairn Woods,
Mallow, Co. Cork
____________
Peter McKenna, 15 Ballyogan
Avenue, Carrickmines, Dublin 18
____________
Maura,Bob and Colm Lynch,
Liverpool
Comment: "The Post Office is vital for the Island
Community".
___________
Maria Priebs, London, UK
____________
Maeve and Ekke Priebs-Harrington,
Ballinakilla, Bere Island
Comment: "We support the cause to keep the Bere Island Post
Office open. It provides an essential service to the
community".
____________
Kevin Kenneally
____________
Barbara Kenneally
____________
Rory Kenneally
___________
Sorcha Kenneally
___________
Olan Kenneally
____________
Christine Lovatt - Terrigal, NSW,
Australia
Comment: "I have a house on the island and come over for
several months every year. The Post Office is an essential part of life
for islanders and visitors too. Please save it".
____________
Kristey Harrington, (Caobach)
Riverside Co, California, USA
Comment: "Please keep the Post Office open".
____________
Fergus Rooney, Malahide, Co Dublin
___________ Ute
& Robert Passau, An St. Swidbert 34, Germany, 40489, Dusseldorf
____________
Cllr. Diarmaid Murphy, Bantry TC
Comment: "The autotmation of the post office on Bere Island
is key to the tourist industry and visiting boats. Its a great idea and
should be implemented".
___________
O’Donovan Family, 5 Hillcrest,
Kinsale
Comment: "We visit the island every year and always send
our postcards from the post office!!"
___________ Kathy
Bacon, 4238 Holborn Avenue, Annandale, VA 22003
Comment: "Please keep this post office open".
___________
Eimear Aherne, 26 Pairc na Greine,
Dromahane, Mallow, Co. Cork
____________
Louise Aherne, 26 Pairc Na Greine,
Dromahane, Mallow, Co. Cork
____________
Cian Curran, Galway City
___________
Peter and Siobhan Power,
Knockanore, Co. Waterford
____________
Coletta Darnall (of the O'
Sullivan Family), 19550 N Grayhawk Dr. 2003, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85255
USA.
____________ David
O' Sullivan Greene
___________
Anne,Jack,Sean,Kieran,Aidan,Liam
and Aisling Sullivan, The Strand,Bere Island Co.Cork
____________
Inge Relph, Lynches Cottage,
Dzogchen Beara
Comment: "A post Office is a vital service to the Bere community
- Please save it and upgrade it".
____________
Claire O Shea, Adrigole, Beara,
Co. Cork
____________ Peter
Evans, Flat 110, The Golden Residence, 340 Lamphun Road, Chiang Mai,
Thailand 5000
Comment: "I visit the island every year my Mother Mary
Cecilia Sullivan (Barule) was born there. My sister Christine Lovatt has a
house there. The post office has always been the hub of community
life".
__________
Brendan Hall, San Francisco CA
____________
Maura & Padraic
Cunningham,Westport Co.Mayo
____________
Owen Furniss, 40 Broadford
Crescent, Ballinteer, Dublin 16
Comment: " I would like to give my support to the campaign
to keep the Post Office on Bere Island open.
It would be a tragedy if this facility were to be removed and would cause
great hardship for those forced to go to the mainland to conduct basic
transactions".
(550)
____________
Steve O' Sullivan, Cape Town,
South Africa
Comment: "As I grew up in the post office in the Village
and it was our life line to the outside world, I cant believe that the
authorities are seriously considering closing the post office which means
so much to the islanders. PLEASE KEEP IT OPEN!!"
__________ Nuala
Dineen
Comment: "Please Keep".
____________
Matt Padwick, Director, Dzogchen
Beara Retreat Centre, Garranes, Allihies, West Cork
____________
Sarah Kate McSweeney, Aisling
Geal, Coolea, Macroom, Co.Cork
____________
Muireann McSweeney, Aisling Geal,
Coolea, Macroom, Co.Cork
___________
Danny McSweeney, Aisling Geal,
Coolea, Macroom, Co.Cork
____________
Mairead McSweeney, Aisling Geal,
Coolea, Macroom, Co.Cork
____________
Donna Sullivan, 828 Blair
St.Huntington, WV 25704
____________
James Holland,
Cork
__________
Darragh, Orla, Evelyn &
Conall Kingston, Ballingarry, Belgooly, Co. Cork
Comment: "Bere Island needs an automated Post Office.
Upgrade and maintain the existing basic services on the island instead of
cutting them".
___________
Geraldine Casey, Gearhadiveen,
Kenmare, Co. Kerry
___________
Richard E. Hegarty, Stoneham,
Massachusetts, 02180, USA
__________
Una Cunningham, Kilmakenny,
Corriga, Carrgallen, Co Leitrim
____________
Bill and Susan Griffith Co Cork
Comment: "As frequent visitors we strongly
support this petition to keep open and improve the Post
Office".
____________
Donal Cronin, Ballyduane, Mungret,
Co. Limerick
Comment: "Should we all move to Dublin?!"
___________
Barry Duggan, Castletroy, Limerick
___________
The Kent Family, Ballygarron,
Annestown, Co. Waterford
Comment: "Please upgrade the Bere Island Post Office to
ensure the island community remains vibrant".
____________
Cathy O' Sullivan, Accounts
Department, Alimentary Health Limited, Building 2800,Cork Airport
Business Park,Kinsale Road,Cork
Comment: "Fully behind the campaign to save the island
Post Office".
____________
Sheila Cronin, Apt. 5E, No. 4
Church Street, Cobh, Co. Cork
____________
Brid Callanan, 3 The Mews, Aherla,
Co Cork
__________
Lisa Mullane, Mark Éire B.V.
Coolea, Macroom, Co. Cork
__________
Sharon Burke, Cork
Comment: "A vital service to the community-please keep it
open".
__________
Jean Glendon, Rerrin, Bere Island
____________
Jackie Gowran, 2 The Orchards,
Kinsale
___________
Stephen & Anna Murphy-Sullivan,
20 Wilfred Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1ND
Comment: " As a pretty regular visitor, it’s been
heartening to see the resurgence of life on the Island over the past 20
years. I’m sure the closure of the Post Office would be a major
blow and impact both locals and tourists".
____________ Paul
Sullivan, Upminster, England
Comment: "It’s hard to see how a community would survive
without a Post Office".
____________
James Hanley, Birmingham, England
____________ Anne
Crowley, Rerrin, Bere Island, Co. Cork
___________
Joe Aston, Horseshoe Cottage,
Sherkin Island, Co.Cork
Comment: "A post office is a key component of any
community, especially an island one....."
____________ Dominic
& Margaret Sullivan, Shanagorth, Castletownbere
___________
Frances and Noel Johnston, Mallow
__________
Iris O'Ferrall, Cabinteely, Dublin
18
Comment: "How will the elderly get their pensions if the
Post Office is not there".
____________
Séamus Ó Cnáimhsí, Árainn Mhór,
Co. Dhún na nGall
___________
Ann O'Driscoll (Newcestown Co
Cork)
Comment: "It is imperative to have a post office in all
rural villages and towns and especially on an island. The community is
reliant on this service and deserves to be provided with same. “Keep the
Post Office Open”!
___________ Harold
& Ruth Wann, "Rowington", South Place, The Burnaby,
Greystones, Co. Wicklow
___________
Siobhán Hanley, Camden Rd.,
Crosshaven, Co. Cork
___________ Sarah
Crowley, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
___________
Mary Jo Walsh, SouthWestWalks
Ireland, 28 The Anchorage, Tralee, Co.Kerry, Ireland
Comment: Please keep rural and island life alive as without them
we don't have a tourist industryon which many of these communities thrive. For
modern living, public services such as the post office must be kept
up to date as a social service for all communities which should be treated
equally. All rural Ireland wants is EQUALITY which is being eroded every
day by state penny pinching. Keep up the fight!
__________
Nuala Walsh,Derreceveen,Bere
Island
Comment: "Post Bank is a top priority".
___________
James Anthony William
Walsh(jimmy)Rerrin ,Bere Island
Comment: "The loss of modern facilities to acess money is a
major problem here on the island it entails having to go out to town
,its essential we have the facility on the island".
__________ James
McCann
Comment: "Please add my name to the petition to keep the
Post Office open. Even considering closure of this vital service is
disgraceful".
____________
Patricia Lynch, Grange, Douglas,
Cork
(500)
____________
Ray Marshall, 3 Royal Terrace
West, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
Comment: "Have visited Bere Island twice this
summer......please keep the post office open".
____________
Katie (Killen) Verdon, 42 Milford,
Old Yellow Walls Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
___________
Margaret Harrington(Crowley), 68
Kingsway, Petts Wood, Kent
____________
Michael English, Ahabrock,
Eyeries, Beara
___________
Anne Hurley, Cork
Comment: "It would be a great loss if the post office were
not upgraded. We must do all we can to save such an important
service".
___________ Mike
Reid, Bere Island
Comment: " 'Because i need to post letters..."
___________
Michael & Sara Sullivan, 107
Chevron Crescent Whangamata New Zealand
Comment: "I wish to to sign the petition to keep the Bere
Island Post Office open as I am sure its closure will have a very damaging
effect on the residents of this isolated Island in particular the
elderly".
___________
Nora Jean Hall, 20 Rockaway Ave,
San Francisco CA
___________
Carmel Hall, 20 Rockaway Ave, San
Francisco CA
__________ James
(Sonny) Murphy __________ Sheila
Ashmore, High Wycombe, England
Comment: "The Post Office is vital to any rural community,
please computerise". __________
Antonio Sosa
Comment: "We all know the Post Office is vital for any
isolated community of this size. We sign for keeping it. We sign for
community life to continue".
___________ Carmel
Kelly Palmer
Comment: "Please institute a computerised system within the
existing Post Office in order to maintain this public service for the
people of Bere Island and surroundings. It is part of tradition and
immersed in the landscape and its people. An important facility as well as
the social aspect where everyone gathers and meets in this one place that
binds its inhabitants together as one. This is the main stay of the
place and has to be retained at all costs. Please do so". ___________ Mary
English, Ahabrock , Eyeries , Beara ___________ Maurice
O' Keeffe, Skibbereen __________ Lindsey
AllenMcCarthy Insurance Group, 2 & 3/4 South Mall, Cork
Comment: "I agree" _________ Callan
WatkinsMcCarthy Insurance Group, 2 & 3/4 South Mall, Cork
Comment: "I agree… save the post office!" _________ Diarmuid
Holly, Cork __________ Denise
Doolan, McCarthy Insurance Group, 2 & 3/4 South Mall, Cork _________ Linda
Byrne, Cork __________ Yvonne
Kelly, 1 Riverview Gardens, Ballyvolane, Cork __________ Brendan
Harrington
Comment: "I would like to add my name to the petition in
favour of keeping the Post Office open I can't imagine the inconvenience
it would bring to the Bere Island residents, especially the senior
citizens. Please keep it open!!" __________ Jim
Hanley, 20 Geraldine Place, Albert Rd, Cork
Comment: "An automated post office is essential for locals
and visitors to Bere Island". ___________ John
Hanley, Churchtown, Dublin 14 ____________ Catriona
Hanley, 4 Centenary Crescent, Greenmount, Cork __________ Val
Jones, Seabury Pk, Malahide
Comment: "Save Bere Island Post Office". ____________ Ian
Glendon, Blackrock, Co. Dublin __________ Sharon
McKeon
Comment: "Yes to the computerised Post Office in Bere
Island". __________ Charles
King, Brooks Hansen, WME Entertainment, LLC __________ Michael
Harrington Jack Bere island ___________ Amy
Meade Cloughland Bere Island ____________ Sarah
Guenter-O'Sullivan, 924 2nd St. E, Saskatoon, Sask, Canada S7H 1R1
Comment: "As a frequent visitor with family on the Island,
I know how important it is to keep this post office open"
__________ Deirdre
Cunningham, Westport, Co. Mayo ___________ Una
Crowley, Rerrin, Bere Island, Co Cork
___________ Gary
Cunningham, Westport, Mayo ____________ Martin
Walsh,Ballynaneening, Crosshaven. Co.Cork
Comment: "This post office is vital to the island and must
be kept open".
___________ Gill
James, Glengarriff
Comment: " How can this be? There are people who live on
this island. These people pay taxes, both on income and every time they
spend money on food etc. Is it not a basic need to have a post office....
how can anyone consider it reasonable to deprive this community of such a
vital service? Perhaps it si time to reconsider" ____________ Brendan
and Dawn Meade Richmond London ___________ Paddy
& Josephine Harrington, Ballinakilla ___________ Suzanne
& Aide O' Sullivan, Castletownbere ____________ Jack
Sullivan, Kissinger, St. Augustine, Florida ____________ Roger
Ewing, P.O. Box 1323, Morro Bay, Ca. 93443, USA
Comment: "A Community's Post Office is what helps connect
it to the outside world; and in this, the 21st Century, I see no reason to
separate Bere Island from the rest of the world. Having visited there a
number of times, I am honored to add my name to the petition to keep the
Rerrin Post Office alive..."
____________ Grainne
Rourke
Comment: "the island needs a post office!". ___________
Katie Hall, San Francisco,
California
Aaron Molinari, San Francisco, California
__________ Jean
Scott.71 Glenageary Park, Glenageary, Co Dublin
Comment: "I wish to sign the petition to have Bere Island
Post Office upgraded and therefore kept open for the people of Bere
Island". ___________ Stellamarie
Hall, San Francisco, California ___________ Timothy
Caulfield, San Francisco, California ___________ Tim
Brophy & Therese Burke ___________ Shane
O' Connor, Cork ___________ Mark
Grady, Kirknewton, Edinburgh __________ Neil
Hanley, Camden Rd, Crosshaven, Co. Cork ___________ Marion
O' Rourke, Rochestown, Cork
Comment: "Both my parents are from Bere Island and all my
family love Bere Island. Please don’t close the Post Office it is
a vital lifeline for those people living there and depending on it. If
you care to visit Bere Island you will understand why it’s so important
to keep the Post Office open". __________ Ronnie
Simpson, Edinburgh __________ Frank
Lynch, Chelmsford Village, Model Farm Road, Cork
(440) ___________ Peter
and Beverly Killen, "Padua", Grove Rd., Malahide, Co. Dublin ___________ Susan
Whitty, 5 Pembroke Heights, Pembroke Wood, Passage West, Co. Cork ___________ John
& Alice O'Neill, Derrymihan West, Castletownbere, Co. Cork ____________ Sarah
Walker
Comment: "The Post Office in Rerrin, Bere Island faces
possible closure if it is not upgraded and made automated. This would be a
huge loss to the island. The community of Bere Island need to save the
Post Office for the good of the local people. Please upgrade and automate
the Bere Isaland Post Office". ___________ Samantha
Dockrell, Sandyford, Dublin 18 ____________ Rebecca
O'Sullivan London ____________ Jonathan
Dockrell, Dublin ____________ Fina
Dalton, Dublin / Ballinakilla
____________ Monica
& Ashley O' Sullivan, Saskatchewan, Canada & Derrycreeveen, Bere
Island (Granddaughter of Maria & Cornelius O' Sullivan, Condy)
Comment: "The Post Office is the commercial heart of
the Island just as the Church is the soul. This can not be closed it must
remain open and be upgraded to support the decent hardworking people of
Bere Island". ____________ Anne
Mc Nally ____________ Catherine
Millard, Glenera, Garnish, Beara, Co. Cork ____________ Martin
Thorp, 70 Kill Abbey, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Comment: "I wish to sign the petition to upgrade and to
keep the Bere Island Post Office". ____________ Pat
& Josephine Walsh, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Comment: "The post office is a key facility on the island
and even in these tough financial times, An Post and the government
between them must find the resources to keep it going, if their commitment
to maintaining island life is to mean anything". ___________ Sean
Hanley, Crosshaven, Co. Cork
Comment: "Surely an island Post Office would be the last to
be closed – It would make perfect sense to upgrade and automate the Post
Office to provide services which are taken for granted on the
mainland". ___________ Christina
Hall, Cloughland, Bere Island, Co. Cork ____________ Denis
Hurley, Inchreaugh, Dunmanway, Co Cork
Comment: "Keep the bere island Post office opened every
Community needs one. It's what a part of the community is". ____________ Noreen
King (nee O'Sullivan) - Broad Lawn, New Eltham, London SE9 3XE
Comment: "The Post Office is vital for the local community
& visitors to Bere Island". ____________
Mairead O' Reilly, Inis Oirr,
Oileain Arann, Cuan na Gallimhe
____________
Noel Guinan, Santry Cross, Dublin
9
Comment: "I support the retention of Bere Island PO. We
need to do whatever we can to preserve island life, both for the local
community and tourists alike". ___________ Anna
King, 18 Charleston Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 ___________ Marie
Duffin, Dennistown, Murrintown, Co. Wexford ____________ Aidan
Moriarty, 35 Avondale Court, Blackrock, Co. Dublin ____________ Dick
Waide, St.Anthony's,Ardsallagh, Youghal ____________ Mary
and Jeremiah Murphy, Roy St, Swampscott, Ma ___________ Jerry
Murphy ____________ Katie
and Dan Arrington, Salem, Ma ____________ Jeanine
Morey
Comment: "I visited the island and was delighted with the
service at the Post Office. PLEASE so many things are being set aside for
the fast pace of life. I am signing the petition to KEEP THE POST OFFICE
OPEN". ___________ Michael
and Mary Downey, Castletownbere
Comment: "Wishing you every success in your campaign".
____________ Oscar
Daly, Ballinakilla, Bere Island
____________
Clive Scott, Glenageary, Co.
Dublin
___________
Mel Cronin
Comment: "Please add my name to the petition to keep the
post office open. It is an important part of village life for all
communities and none more so than an island one".
___________
Randy Ralston, Glendasan Cottage,
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
___________
Dianna Wickern, 11015 Reyes
Canyons, Helotes, Texas 78023 USA
Comment: " I would like to sign this petition to keep the
post office open. It would be a great disservice to that community and to
many who have roots there to lose it".
(400)
___________
Shane Cronin, 96 The Hibernian,
The Gasworks, Barrow Street, Dublin 4
Comment: "Closing the post office will only serve to make a
rural community even more remote when the island needs every service it
can get".
____________
Gerarldine O'Neill
Natalie Brennan
Philomena O'Neill East End, Castletownbere Co Cork
Comment: "We would like to support to make the Bere Island
post office automated as it would be both beneficial for the islander's
use and the visitor's to the island".
___________
Dan and Anna mcAuliffe, Milton,
Massachusetts, USA
Comment: "Please add our names to the petition to keep the
post office open on Bere Island".
___________ Jean
and Harold Brook, Lotamor, Killiney, Co. Dublin
Comment: "We think it is very sad to close the Bere Island
Post Office. It has been such a blessing to the people of the island
especially the older inhabitants and we wish to petition for its retention".
____________
Aideen Cullen, Killiney, Co.
Dublin
____________
Deirdre Harrington, Goulane,
Eyeries
____________
Claudia Morgan, 2911 Sunset Blvd,
Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Comment: "Please do not close the Rerrin Post Office
on Bere Island. We are members of an international community that
frequently holds weekend/weeklong meetings at our property on the island.
As our community grows we expect our visits to the Island and consequently
our use of the post office to grow. The post office is an important and
necessary amenity. We need its continued services to be able to
maximize the use of our Island facilities".
_____________ Dee
Pieters
Comment: "The post office is vital for the island
community".
____________
Aaron Byrne, The Web, Unit 2, The
Courtyard, Castletownbere, Co. Cork
Comment: "As I once lived on Bere Island and a post office
is a vital and much needed facility. I wish you the best of luck with the
Petition".
____________
Terry Cook
Comment: "I am sad that this beautiful place and its
friendly people are threatened with the post office closure. It seems that
there is no
where that can be isolated and kept free from the interference of the big
picture schemes. Invariably developed by people who are not
directly affected by the plans that they put forward. I would be grateful
if the powers that be, reconsider the proposal and
put the people and way of life of the island community first
____________
Kate Cook, Chester, England
Comment: "An essential part of the community. Having
experienced the devastation of many of our post offices in England, it
would be a crime to see the island's post office disappear".
__________
Cathy McCarthy Cottone - Michigan
Comment: " Please don't close the Post Office. For most -
this is their link to the world".
____________
Sile Byrne, 26 rue Lt Colonel Prévost,
69006, Lyon, France
____________
Colm O'Riordan, 26, rue Lt Colonel
Prévost, 69006 Lyon, France
___________
John Walsh, Carrigaline ,Co. Cork
____________
Frank, Pauline, Aaron and Fionn
Hanley, Ardagh, Bere Island
____________
Antonia Hall, 20 Rockaway Avenue
San Francisco CA 94127
__________
Ian Holdship - Dalkey
___________
Theresa Hennessy, McCarthy
Insurance Group, 2/3/4 South Mall, Cork
___________ Caroline
Holdship - Dalkey
__________
Derek Napier, Edinburgh
___________ James
Grogan. McCarthy Insurance Gorup, 2 & 3/4 South Mall, Cork
___________
Ava Glendon, 21 Connaught Place,
Wellington Road, Cork
___________ Cian
O' Mahony, Douglas, Cork
___________
Stuart Reid, Edinburgh
Comment: " The Post Office is essential to the Island
community".
___________
Carmel O' Mahony, 170 Deerpark,
Friars Walk, Cork City
___________ John
Crowley, Rosemount House, Lower Curaaly, Farnanes, Co. Cork
_____________
Lee Cowie, 7 Durham Grove,
Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland, EH19 3EU
____________ John
Harrington, Ferry Operator, Bere Island
Comment: "Its an essential to islanders & tourists
alike ,passengers often come to island and ask for the cash point to be
told there is none then they just leave again".
____________
Siobhán & Derek McGeehan
Balbriggan Co Dublin
____________
Joe Sullivan{Doyle}
Comment: "Bere island needs its Post Office".
____________
Eoin O' Connor, Cork
Comment: " A central part of the community services for the
Island needs to be kept alive".
___________
Michael Dalton, Balinakilla, Bere
Island, West Cork
____________
Oliver Richards, 47 Goldsborough
Road, London
____________
Caroline O' Sullivan, 1927 Tremont
Ave, Davenport, IA, 52803, USA
Comment: "My family lives on the island (John Walsh,
Derrycreeveen) and we visit quite frequently, especially my parents,
Monica and Ashley O'Sullivan. As a displaced island descendent, I
feel that closing the post office would be a terrible loss for the island
and it's community".
____________ Sheila
Mc Nally, Paris, France
Comment: "I am in total support of this petition. What a
shame it has to come to that".
___________
David Kavanagh
___________
Denis Boyle, Bandon, Co.
Cork
___________
Peter O'Reilly, Rathfarnham,
Dublin 14
Comment: "The Post Office on Bere Island must remain as it
is a vital service for the local community".
____________
Angela Sullivan, Derrycreeveen,
Bere Island
___________
Sue Hymas, Wicklow
Comment: "The rural postoffice like any postoffice tends to
be the hub of any community, where people meet, chat and communicate
personally,locally, nationally and internationally. Post offices are
becoming extinct! Save this species and sub-species".
___________
Marie Kennedy, Passage West, Co
Cork
Comment: "Please keep the Bere Island Post Office open for
the sake of the community".
(350)
____________ Ellen
O' Leary, (daughter of John O'leary, Bere Island native), 15 Kearney St,
Malden, MA 02148
Comment: "Please do not close this post office which is so
important to the people of the island. I have relatives on the
island and know they would be devastated by the closure".
____________ Dennis
and Jane McAuluffe, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Comment: " Please do not close the Rerrin Post Office
on Bere Island. We are members of an international community that
maintains a hermitage on the island. As our community grows we expect our
use of the post office to grow".
____________
Caroline Fleming
____________ Roger
Layet
Comment: " Closure would not help our Christian meditation
community decide to use the island more for retreats, meetings, quiet
times".
____________ Kate
Crowley, The Cross, Derricreeveen, Bere Island
____________
Rokie Thompson, 79 Upper Leeson
Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Comment: " Wishing everyone involved with this petition
every success with your endeavours".
____________ Christine
Brown, Ashcroft, 52 Huncote Rd, Narborough, Leicestershire
____________
Rob Tanner, Douglas, Cork
____________
Marie Keaney, Douglas, Cork
____________
Oliver Keaney, Douglas, Cork
____________
Joe Keaney, Douglas, Cork
___________ Dave
Keaney, Douglas, Cork
___________
Fiona Keaney, Douglas, Cork
____________ Grainne
Keany, Douglas, Cork
___________ Stephen
R. Sullivan, 21588 Sarahills Drive, Saratoga, CA 95070
___________
Melinda Smallwood, Kingswear,
Devon
Comment: "I strongly oppose the closure of Bere Island Post
Office".
___________ Cornelius
Kelly
Comment: " Please keep PO open".
____________
Maria Maney, Wright, Daniel
Island, SC, USA
____________
Maura Mansfield ( O’Sullivan)
Comment: "A Post Office is essential for a community. The
effects of such offices being closed in villages throughout the UK is well
known over here as the community slowly dies. They do not just act as a
post office but also as a shop, a meeting place for all the residents and
many other reasons besides, so don’t let them close Rerrin. A concerned
ex resident".
(330)
___________
Patrick Harrington, Lawrence Cove
Marina, Bere Island
Comment: " A post office is a vital and much used facility
in any area but even more so for an isolated island community. Please keep
and upgrade our post office".
____________
Rosie Murphy
Comment: " Please add my name to the petition to keep the
Bere Island post office open".
____________
Maeve Killen, 15, St. Sylvester
Villas, Malahide, Co. Dublin
____________
Neil Lucey, Gougane Barra Hotel,
Macroom, Co.Cork, Ireland
Comment: " Supporting you".
__________
Finbarr O'Sullivan-Greene, Filane
Middle, Castletownbere
___________ Danette
Mulrine
Comment: " Please add my name to the petition to save the
Bere post office. Important to any community, it is vital to small
communities".
___________
Pauline Peters WCCM, Australia
Comment: " As an Australian who has visited Bere Island and
enjoyed the hospitality of the community I know how vital the PO is to the
life and economy of the island and to visitors. The World Community for
Christian Meditation has held international retreats for young people on
the island and we hope to hold other retreats and meetings there in the
future and a computerised post office is vital for overseas visitors. Our
Director Fr Laurence Freeman OSB spends part of the year there and as an
international community we need easy access for receiving and sending
international documents and mail".
___________ Sue
Mullan, 1-3 Alexandra Road, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 7QF
Comment: " I endorse the request that a Post Office should
remain on Bere Island and be automated".
___________ Mike
& Mary Sullivan, Bere Island
___________
Richard Cahill, Waterford, Ireland
Comment: " The post office must be kept open as a vital
service to the residents
and visitors to Bere Island".
___________
David Hall, Sydney, Australia
Comment: " "The upgrade of the post office to be
automated is crucial to the economy and business of a small community
like Bere Island".
____________ Cllr.
Danny Crowley, Faha West, Adrigole, Beara, Co. Cork
___________
Claire & Shane Kenny,
Greystones, Co. Wicklow ____________ Stephen
and Jennifer Hunter ,Wicklow ____________ Remco
Kranendonk, WUR - Alterra, Postbus 47, 6700 AA Wageningen
Comment: " I do support this initiative". ___________ John,
Mary, Aisling, Aidan O'Shea, Rossmore, Clonakilty, Co Cork
Comment: " Closing down the Post Office in Bere Island
would be devestating to the community. We had our local Post Office
closed recently in Rossmore with massive consequences, especially for the
elderly in a rural community. It was the focal point in our village.
Perhaps An Post will rethink and automate this vital facility which
is so important to the local people and visitors to Bere Island". ____________ John
& Min Zhu Walsh, Derrycreeveen, Bere Island
Comment: " It is essential that the Post Office is
Automated & kept open, if we are not to become second-class citizens". ____________ Adrian
Wilde, Drogheda, Co Louth
Comment: " Perhaps some of the money used to re-lawn
Leinster House or a small part of the millions blown storing the unused
electronic voting equipment could be diverted to provide a vital service
to a remote community’. ___________ Patricia
Moore, 7323 11 Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117, USA
Comment: " Please retain this post office to serve the
residents of Bere Island". ____________ Noreen
C. Orlando, New Rochelle, NY 10801 ____________ Andrew
Killen, 6 Marino Park Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3 ____________
Betsy Hall, 9 Brook Drive, Hope
Valley, RI 02832
____________
Maureen McCarthy Gazzaniga and
Donald Gazzaniga
Comment: " Please add our names to the petition. Every
community needs a functioning
post office".
(300)
___________
Bill & Mary Lou Cahalane,
Lynn, MA USA
Comment: " Please keep the Bere Island Post Office open for
all the locals, visitors, and those who want to keep in touch with the
island people".
___________
Joan McGrath Floegel, 2655 Ultra
Vista Dr. Maitland, FL, US
Comment: "I want to add my name to the petition to keep the
Bere Island post office open, my roots are there".
__________
Deacon Francis B. Orlando,
Lauragh, Cummers, Co. Kerry
____________
Alexx Henry (Grandparents Henry
and Mary Maney, both born on the island.) 3934 Cumberland Ave, Los Angeles
CA 90027
____________
Patrick J.O' Leary, Reading, Ma.
01867, USA
____________
Jane O' Connell
__________
Sean Lillis, Dublin
____________
Denis, Sinead, Sean, Cormac,
Fionnuala and Caoimhuala Whelan, Rodeen Castletownbere, Co.Cork
___________
Anne Murphy, Hayes, Middlesex
____________ Mary
O' Donncha, 10 Silverdale Rd, Ballinlough, Cork
Comment: "The closure of Bere island post office would be a
severe blow to the people of this island. Everything possible must
be done to ensure that there will be a post office in existance as long as
there are people on the island".
___________ Clive
Barker, Le Noil, Mahe, Seychelles
Comment: " Post Offices are very important for small island
communities. Keep the Bere Island Post Office open".
___________ Kathleen
O' Brien Blair, 595 SW Ruby Court, McMinnville, OR 97128
Comment: " A rural community still needs Post Office, not
just to receive mail, which is still the *only* avenue for such, but also
as a hub for people to meet, discuss the latest local news and gossip, and
in general preserve their local rural Island culture. The Post
master (or mistress) in a community knows a great deal of information
about the local culture, people and so forth, which is never written down,
but nevertheless, remains a vital (if unorthodox in the traditional sense)
Tradition Bearer of the local corporate memory. Please keep this very
important Post Office".
____________
Paul Forde, Kilmurry, Lissarda Co.
Cork
____________
Margaret & John Dollard,
Dangan, Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
Comment: "P.O. has to be upgraded for the future
generations!"
(280)
___________
Aisling Lillis, Dublin/
Ballinakilla
___________
Cliona Murphy, 39 Fernwood,
Glyntown, Glanmire, Co.Cork
____________
Diane Harrington, Cork
___________
Peggy Harrington, New
Jersey, USA
Comment: " Please keep the Bere Island Post Office in
business".
__________
Tara Vernon
____________
Tim and Liz Murphy and Family,
Castletownbere
___________ Mrs
Melinda Smallwood, Belmont, Lower Contour Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth,
Devon TQ6 0AL.
Comment: "I strongly oppose the possible closure of Bere Island
Post Office".
____________
Eileen McClelland, Marblehead,
Massachusetts USA
Comment: "Please find a way to keep the post office on Bere
Island open for both the residents and the visitors".
____________
Phil and Fionnuala Harrington Bere
Island
Comment: " Please save our post office we would all be
lost without it!"
____________
Dean Harrington Harte, Bere Island
____________
Aaron Harrington, Bere Island
____________
Lorraine Harrington, Bere Island
____________ Gary
B. Sullivan, MD, Dunderry Chateau du Gravier, La Guerche sur L'aubois,
18150 Cher, France
Comment: "Closing the post office on an island is a death
sentence to any island community. Why does the government want to
depopulate Bere Island? Private investors have recently committed
serious capital to the Castletownbere area. The world economy will reinvigorate and Bere Island
will prosper. (If it has a post office!)"
___________
Clement Sauvé, 401- 55 Wellesley
St. East, Toronto M4Y2T6, Canada
Comment: "I am writing to support your efforts to save the
post office from possible closure. I am the Chair of the Guiding Board of
the World Community for Christian Meditation. Our community maintains a
small hermitage on the island for use by our leaders".
_________
Steve Campbell
Comment: " As a frequent visitor I am completely opposed to
the closure of Bere Island Post Office. The needsof the community of this
island should be considered seriously since there is a deep body of sea
water between the inhabitants and the mainland, where the nearest Post
office is situated in Castletownbere.The value of the Post Office goes far
beyond that of processing bill payments, postage, savings and social
benefits, since the island people and visitors here both enjoy and benefit
from the community connection, communication and support that makes it an
integral part ofisland life.The modernisation of the Post Office
processing would increase the volume and value of transactions and I do
not believe that the costs involved would be in any way comparable for any
modern business model".
___________
Craig Gibbs, Swords, Co. Dublin
__________
Karen Harrington, Swords, Co.
Dublin
___________
Gillian O Neill (nee Brennan)
Comment: " Keep the Bere Island Post office".
___________
Barbara Mahoney, 66 Main Street,
Wakefield, MA USA
___________ Kathleen
Stewrt, 40 Roy St, Swampscott, MA 01907, USA
Comment: "Hello, my mother was Elizabeth Harrington from
Cloughland, Bere Island and I have many relatives on the island. The
island has an active community and needs the service the post office
provides for them".
____________
John Hurley, San Francisco,
California
____________
Rita Manning, New Rochelle, NY,
USA
Comment: "Keep the hub of the community".
____________
Paudie & Christina
O’Sullivan-Darb, Filane West, Castletownbere
___________
Roger and Maureen Maloney,
Wakefield, MA USA
Comment: " We are both descendents of Co. Cork and feel the
Peninsula deserves to have an automated Post Office and is in tune
with the 21st Century!! Thank you".
___________
John McAuliffe, 8 Link Rise,
Markfield, Leicester, LE67 9TY
Comment: "Please do not close the Post Office on Bere
Island. Communities deserve local facilities".
(250)
__________
Teresa Ellen Vaughn, Anaheim,
California 92805
___________ David
J. Creedon, Horgan Barrett & Co. Evergreen House, Congress Road,
Cork
Comment: "Please keep this post office open".
___________
Niall O'Reilly; Cork City
____________
Seán Brennan, Ardagh
Comment: "I fully support the drive to keep the Post
Office on Bere Island as it is vital link to the future development
of this island community".
___________
Marie O' Shea
Comment: "Please save the Post office in Bere Island Co
Cork. Rural Communities & especially the Islands depend so much on a
Local Post Office. It is a vital service to all communities & should
not be closed or down graded".
___________
Sean & Mary Harrington, Cloyne
Co.Cork
____________
Marion Harrington, Cloyne Co.Cork
____________
Eileen Devereux, London
____________ Jimmy
Crowley, Rerrin, Bere Island, Beara, Co. Cork
____________
Lorraine Callery, Clondulane,
Fermoy, Co. Cork
___________ Donal
Waide & Family, Avon St, Somerville, MA 02143, USA
Comment: " As a child we visited the Island on many
occasions and sending a post card home was part of the whole experience.
A Post Office can be the lifeblood of a small community. The Irish
Government should be preserving communities not destroying them.
It's a integral part of who we are".
___________
Frank Dollard Co. Kilkenny
Comment: "Bere Island needs a post office, simple as
that".
____________
Tony and Nora Hall, Lawrence Cove,
Bere Island
Comment: "Let's keep the island alive".
____________
James Healy, 13 Abbey Park Grove,
Clane, Co. Kildare
____________
Ruth O' Sullivan, Belfast
____________
Helen Waide, St.Anthonys,
Ardsallagh, Youghal, Co. Cork
Comment: " Please upgrade and retain P.O. for the people
and visitors on Bere Island".
____________
Paul Sidley, 24,
Little Copse Chase, Basingstoke, UK
____________
Lynda Foley, Wicklow Town
(230)
____________
Anna Riddell, Bere Island
____________
Richard Boate of 81 Dale View
Park, Ballybrack, Co Dublin
Comment: " I wholeheartedly support the local residences in
their petition to keep their Post Office open".
____________
Kieran O Connell, Barnhill Park,
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
___________
Mike Crowley, Rerrin, Bere Island
____________
Jim & Veronica Crowley,
Rerrin, Bere Island ___________ Jean
O' Sullivan ___________ Rose
Carr, Apartado 697, Vale do Lobo, Almancil, Portugal
Comment: "To many the lifeblood of any community is its
Post Office. It is the key communication medium and focal point for its
inhabitants. Telephones and the internet have their place but they cannot
provide a solution for every requirement; you cannot electronically
"post" every letter nor can you get cash. There are quite enough
insidious pressures on people today; plenty of reasons why they are driven
apart and to lose the services of a Post Office will only add greatly to
those malign influences and , therefore, should be resisted by every
lawful means possible. Bere Island is a wonderful jewel in Ireland's west
coast and Rerrin Post Office should be retained for both local inhabitants
and the many visitors to the island". __________ Patricia
Daly
Comment: "I would like to add my name to the online
petition to 'Save Bere Island Post Office'. The Post Office along
with the Church and the School is the heart of any community and it is
unthinkable that anybody would even think of closing a Post Office -
especially on an Island. GOOD LUCK". __________ Barry
and Mary Harrington, Scart, Rossmacowen, Beara ___________ Susan
Murphy Castletownbere ___________ Norma
O'Neill Collins & Denis Collins, Knockbrack, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
Comment: "I strongly support the petition to have the post
office in Bere Island automated. It is crucial for the future growth
and development for the island along with ensuring it’s sustainability
for life on the island. This is a basic right and everything must be
done to ensure that this services remains on the Island. It is
forward we need to go, not backwards". __________ Vince
Power & Family, Brandyhall, Castletownbere, Co. Cork __________ Aoife
Finnegan, Kenmare ____________ Pat
King, Mayo
Comment: "A post office is the heart of Island Life and
must remain just that. Let Bere Island keep its Post Office". ___________ Siobhan
Ahern, O' Donoghue Ring Hotel Group ___________ Tony
Glavin, Kilmagner, Co. Cork
Comment: " I fully support efforts to have the PO
automated. This will allow greater access to cash via the online banking
and is essential in a modernj age". __________ Jane
Lowe, PO Box 98, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6AN
Comment: "It would be tragic if this community were to be
deprived of its Post Office. This is an essential service both to
the island's community and to its tourists and it is unthinkable to
withdraw it". ___________ Siobhaun,
Kenmare, Co. Kerry ____________ Josephine
Mc Guinness ___________ Mary
and Kevin Batie, Gloucester, England and Ardragh, Bere Island __________ Richard
Fitzgerald, Kerry ____________ Michael
& Mary Martin-Sullivan, Castletownbere, Co. Cork ___________ Rebecca
Brewin, World Community for Christian Meditation (came to Bere Island on
retreat) ___________ Ken
Miller, Romford, Essex, UK
Comment: "Small Post Offices are the hub of most rural
communities. There loss can herald the loss of the communities
identity". ___________ Eamon
O Maonaigh, Crawford street, Bruff, County Limerick
Comment: " A great Island for writing songs on. Yes the
post office needs updating for all concerned".
(200) __________ R
& S Scott, 66 Dorney Court, Shankill, Co. Dublin ____________ Nick
Widdows, 51 Russell Drive, Whitstable CT5 2RG, UK ____________ Julian
Wilson, 80 Shipbrook Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 7HB ___________ Jim
O' Sullivan, Droum South, Castletownbere, Co. Cork ___________ Brendan
Lotty ____________ Louise
Murphy, Castletownbere ____________ Antony
Rose, Stonehill Way, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, NN6 9LW, England
Comment: "I should like to express my concern at the news
that the Post Office on Bere Island faces possible closure. This is a most
valuable service to the islanders but also visitors. I have used the
service on my trips to the island and feel it would be sad if this
facility was discontinued". ____________ Joanna
Riddell, Lawrence Cove, Bere Island
Comment: "Please save this post office, this is a much
needed service for Bere Island". ____________ Steve
& Una White, Four Directions, Park, Waterfall, Castletownbere
____________ Jennie
& Greg White, The Stables, Milton House, Bandon, Co. Cork ____________ Jane
Pendlenton ____________ Jan
O' Sullivan, 28 Mount Prospect Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3 ____________ Marc
and Carina Jeisy, Garnish, Beara ____________ Rona
Allen, The Admiral's House, Lawrence Cove, Bere Island, Co. Cork ____________ Mark
& Liana Forsyth, 3 Braganza, Athy Rd, Carlow, Ireland
Comment: " We support the upgrading and retention of Bere
Island Post Office". ___________ Marie
Noel Coleman, Rodeen, Castletownbere ____________ John
Walsh, Bere Island
Comment: "Islands need every opportunity that they can get
to ensure their survival into the future and the automation of the post
office in Rerrin would give local people and businesses access to basic
services that are taken for granted if you lived anywhere
else". ____________ Sheila
Walsh, Bere Island
Comment: "Please automate the post office on Bere Island,
we need it". ____________ Adam,
Laura and Aoife Walsh, Bere Island
Comment: "We want to grow up on Bere Island and be able to
have access to a Banklink machine like children living on the
mainland". ____________ Maura
Cronin, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Comment: "Closing the post office will kill the
island". ____________ Helen
Riddell, Bere Island
Comment: "Please keep our post office!". ____________ Regina
Tully, Durrus, Co. Cork
Comment: "Please keep the post office open". ____________ Gerard
Harrington, Rivervalley Court, Swords, Co. Dublin
Comment: "An automated Post Office is essential to life on
Bere Island to both locals & visitors alike".
(170)
____________
John Liston, Chalet No 2, Bere
Island
____________
Catryn Power, Cork Co.
Archaeologist, 31 The Cloister, Carrigrohane, Ballincollig
Comment: "Keep the island and the post office alive by
automating it….".
____________
Tony Murphy,Bere Island
____________
Maria Sullivan, Bere Island
____________
Stephen Cawley Ballincollig
Co Cork
Comment: "i support this petition to keep the post office
on bere island as it is part of the local heritage and a vital link for
the elderly on the island who cannot travel to the mainland".
____________
Carmel Murphy-Kotyan, 12 James St,
Arlington, MA, USA
____________ Coryn
Gooch. Victoria, Canada
Tony Gooch, Victoria, Canada
Comment: " Please add our names to the petition to save the
Bere Island post office.....we feel it is necessary that the current post
office be upgraded, not closed down. Bere Island has a vibrant year
round community and the post office offers a necessary service
catering to all the residents".
____________
Fiona McCafferty, Stranorlar, Co.
Donegal
____________ Wolfgang
& Ann Eckarty (nee Killen), Christophorusweg 7, 14476 Gross Glienicke,
Germany
Comment:" We hope that the bere island post office will be
retained and upgraded".
____________
Dr Aine Furlong, Lecturer in
French and language education, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork
Rd., Waterford
Comment: "A computerised post office offers a wide variety
of services to its customers, including banking, obtaining a
passport,paying bills, TV
licence, rent DVDs, etc. Don't deprive Bere island of these services, they
are part of our daily life".
____________
Chris Furlong
___________
Kay Donnelly, Dolphin Square,
Youghal, Co Cork
Comment: "I wish to support the people of Bere Island to
keep their local Post
Office". ___________ Lizann
Gorman ___________ Trevor
Leacy ___________ Greg
Harrington ___________ Lavina
Harrington ___________ Michael
Harrington ___________ Julie
Harrington
(150) ___________ Katie
Murphy, Rerrin, Bere Island ____________ Hugh
Barry, Kilbrittain & Greenane
Comment: "Although it serves a small permanent population,
its role is considerably augmented during the tourist season. The
availability of an expanded function, automated post office would be of
real benefit to a relatively remote and isolated island community". ___________ Michael
Killen, Malahide, Co. Dublin
Comment: "I wish to sign the petition to computerise the
Post Office on Rerrin, Bere Island and to retain it on the Island. The
Post Office provides an essential service to the Island community and its
removal would have a terrible effect on that community. Island communities
are already struggling in the downgrading of so many services in our
present society, the loss of the Post Office and its services to the
Island will make life so much more arduous for the Islanders". ___________ Sue
Booth-Forbes, Eyeres, Beara, Co. Cork
Comment: " Please save this service!" ____________
Linda Searraigh, Comhar na nOileán
Teo, Inis Oírr, Oileáin Árann, Co. na Gaillimhe
___________ Shane
McCarthy, Rodeen, Castletownbere, Co. Cork ____________ Emma
Brennan, Cabra, Dublin 7 ____________ Brian
Murphy Crowthorne Berkshire, England ____________ Marie
Hennessy, Ballylanders, Co. Limerick ____________ Noreen
Angland, 40 The Cresent, Old Quarter, Ballincollig, Co. Cork ____________ Noel
Forde, Blue Sky GMAC Financial Services, Main Street, Castletownbere, Co.
Cork ____________ Paul
J. Stevens, Castletownbere ___________ Aileen,
Jane and Eoin O' Connell, Landsborough Close, Moneygourney, Douglas, Cork
Comment: "The economic and social existence of Bere
Island depends on maintaining and upgrading Rerrin Post
Office". ___________ Mark
McCarthy, Editor Marine Times Newspaper, Cranny Rd, Inver, Co. Donegal ____________ Aisling
Murphy, Clonfadda, Macroom, Co. Cork _____________ Mairead
Mac Namara,Kenmare,Co Kerry _____________ Declan
O'Connell, 8 Landsborough CLose, Moneygourney, Douglas, Cork ____________ Lorna
Lee, Failte Ireland
(130) ____________ Liz
Taylor, Skerries, Co. Dublin
Comment: "I wish to support the call for automation of the
Post Office in Rerrin village on Bere Island, a vital and necessary
service for both locals and visitors". ___________
David Taylor, Horsham, West
Sussex, RH13 5SZ
___________
Brigetta Brannigan, Drakelands,
Co. Kilkenny
____________
Orla Halligan. Mayo
____________
Iris van Zanten
Comment: "To close the postoffice in Rerrin Bere island
would be a huge loss".
____________ Ella
Harrington, Church Gate, Castletownbere
____________
Paddy O Conor, Scoil Phobail
Bheara, Castletownbere, Co. Cork
___________ Martin
Sheridan
Comment: ", Martin Sheridan, Lower Drumhalla, Rathmullan,
Co. Donegal, am signing this petition to have the Post Office in Rerrin
maintained as it is crucial to keep the heritage of Island communities
alive and the Post Office is a crucial part of the community in a rural
environment but even more so in a rural island community. To remove
such a facility from an island community removes part of the heart of the
community and thus makes it more difficult for it to survive".
___________
Patrick J. Hurley
Comment: "As a frequent visitor to Bere Isl whose occupants
I class as family, I would like to pledge my support to their plight! As a
source of tourism and tranquillity and all of the locals are so friendly
and welcoming, It is shameful that support is not automatic and without
question on this subject! Give them what they want. Every local I
ever requested support from always assisted".
__________
Siobhan Ó Dúill, Gaelachas Teo,
Gleann maghair, Co. Chorcaí
___________
Conor Baynes, Aquabroker Ltd.,
Tuam Road, Galway
___________
Alexandra, Conall & Abbie
Kane, Rodeen, Castletownbere, Co. Cork
____________
Tracy Dillon, Shrone
Cross,Rathmore, Co .Kerry.
____________
Alasdair and Margaret Ogilvie, 11
Gibsons Road, Stockport, England
Comment: "We have a holiday home at Filane but regularly
visit Bere Island when we are home. To maintain and support any community
an automated Post Office is probably the No 1 service needed for
all".
____________ Terena
Mackey
____________
Con and Mary Harrington, 99
Langton Park, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
Comment: "The Post Office is a vital service for every
community. An island community should be treated differently from the
mainland in the streamlining of Post Office services. The Post Office is a
vital part of the community in Bere Island and its closure would cause
considerable hardship for many islanders, in particular the older members
of the island community. Its automation is crucial to the islanders and
those who are dependent on its survival for their livelihood".
___________
Michael Harrington, Apt 2, 11
Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2
Comment: "The Post Office is an essential part of daily
life on Bere Island and its loss would seriously affect the village and
the island community as a whole. Closing the Post Office would be the most
regressive step taken in the name of progress since the creamery closed
– complete madness".
(110)
____________ Eugene
Glendon, Ardagh, Bere Island, Co. Cork
___________ Peter
& Maureen O' Sullivan - Greene, Castletownbere
Comment: "Maybe, if the people making the decision on the
future of the post office on Bere Island, spent some time on the island
they would then have some understanding as to how life on an island and
how essential an automated post office is. Having to organise your time
around ferry schedules to get to and from the nearest town of
Castletownbere must be so different to getting into your car to get about
your daily/ weekly needs. Surly in 2009 its forward we need to aim not
backwards".
___________
Karen Scott, Co. Dublin
____________
John Eagle, Castletownbere, Co.
Cork
Comment: "The Bere Island Post Office in Rerrin badly needs
to be computerised and kept going. It is vital that offshore islands are
allowed proper communication with the shore. If the Post Office in Rerrin
was allowed to be closed it would have devastating effect for the
islanders there".
____________
Majella Ní Chríocháin,
Bainisteoir/Manager, Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann/Irish Islands
Federation, Inis Oírr, Árainn, Co. na Gaillimhe
Comment: "The Post Office is a vital focal point for
business and social interaction in isolated rural communities, more so in
island communities. It makes sense to upgrade the Post Office on Bere
Isand so that it can facilitate islanders and visitors alike in banking
and carrying out other transactions on the island. An Post should support
island communities".
____________
Silvia Jones, Glenville Park,
Glenville, County Cork
Comment: "My trip to Bere Island post office was
a real practical delight. It is so nice to get your business done in a
nice environment. There are so few postoffices and grocery shops all in
one which have retained their character. Please don't get rid of Bere
Island Post Office. It's convenient for the Islanders and an added
attraction for tourists!".
____________
Pamela Horgan
___________
Eleanor Hughes, Dublin
Comment: " Please keep the post office open it so important
to the Island".
____________
Ned Murphy, Rerrin, Bere Island
Comment: " I believe it is vital that the Post Office be
kept in existence on Bere Island . It is vital for both the economic and
social fabric of society there".
(100)
____________
Brian Hayes, Cork
____________ David
Murphy, Murphy's Ferry Service, "Anchorage", Lawrence Cove, Bere
Island, Co. Cork
Comment:
"I worked on the Murphy's Ferry all summer and the first question
every visitor asks when they land on Bere island is "Where can I
get cash"? I have to tell them nowhere on Bere island,
they'd have to go back to the mainland! We need an Automated
Post Office in Rerrin as a matter of urgency".
____________
Eimear Sugrue, Tylough, Kielduff,
Tralee, Co. Kerry
____________
Kate O’Meara, Bray in Co.
Wicklow
____________
Gina Sharpe
____________
Edel Coughlan, Church Cross,
Skibbereen
____________
James O' Brien, Cork
____________
Anne Marie Cronin, Cronin's
Hideaway, Castletownbere
Comment: " I would like to support the campaign to
computerise Bere Island Post Office. The Post office on Bere Island
provides a very valuable and essential service and it is vital to the
Island community that this service is upgraded and preserved".
____________
Deirdre Finn, Middleton
____________
June Galvin, 2 Kingsbury,
Ballinlough Road, Cork
(90)
___________
Padraig Cleary, May Day Management
Consultants Limerick
Comment: "I wish to support the call for the upgrading of
this vital facility on the Island".
____________
Helen O'Halloran, Failte Ireland,
88-95 Amiens Street, Dublin 1
____________
Laura Crowley, 11 The Moorings,
Hartys Quay, Rochestown, Cork
____________
Breda O Donnell, Killronan, Aran
Islands, Co. Galway
___________
Sinead O Donnell, Killronan, Aran
Islands, Co. Galway
_____________
Enda Dirrane, Bungabhla, Inis Mór,
Aran Islands, Co. Galway
____________ Neil
Jeffries, 25 Oldcourt, Greenfields, Kilumney Rd, Co. Cork
____________ Geraldine
Gill, Kilronan, Aran Islands, Co. Galway
____________
Audrey Murphy, Rerrin, Bere
Island, Co. Cork
Comment: "The Rerrin Post Office is a vital link to
services taken for granted as the norm by non Islanders. It provides a
fantastic service for people who don't have access to banking and online
services. Automation will improve on this
____________ Lorraine
Downey, Super Valu, Castletownbere, Co. Cork
____________
Cathy Ní Ghoill, Kilronan, Aran
Islands, Co. Galway
____________
Irene O'Callaghan, Ardaragh West,
Bere Island, Co. Cork
____________
Leonard O'Callaghan, Ardaragh
West, Bere Island, Co. Cork
____________
Christine O' Donovan, Clonakilty,
Co. Cork
___________
Michael & Winnie Murphy,
Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
____________
Mandy Stapleton, 234
Blanchardstown Corporate Park 2, Ballycoolin, BlanchardstownDublin 15
____________
Brenda Corcoran, Mayfield, Cork
____________
Paul Donovan
____________
Martin Donovan
(70)
____________
Emma Donovan
_____________
Helen Donovan
____________
Timmy Donovan
____________
Seán Ó Ceallaigh & Dorothee
Uí Cheallaigh, Oileán Chléire
____________
Gail & Niall Mac Allister,
West Cork Sailing & Powerboating Centre, Adrigole, Beara, Co Cork
Comment: "Adrigole lost it’s post office and it has
made a massive impact on the efficiency of my business, I would hate to
see the same thing to happen to an island community. It would be
devastating if it closed. Improved communications by going
computerised is essential for Beara and Bere Island to work effectively
____________
Annette O’Donoghue, Mallow, Co.
Cork
____________ Christy
O' Sullivan, Waterford (Formerly Ardra, Bere Island)
Comment: "It seems so hypocritical for a
government/department to be, on the one hand, stating that its policy is
to preserve and help sustain island and rural life and their communities,
while, on the other hand, slowly draining the life blood of such
communities by severing the arteries that connect them to such vital
services as a Post office!!
____________
Aoife Harrington. 17 Belvedere
Road, Dublin 1
____________ Mairin
Ni Fhearraigh, Comharchumann na nOileán Beag, Dún na nGall
Comment: " Is é Oifig an Phoist ceann de na neither atá
mar chroílár do phobal tuaithe ar bith. Tá sé tabhachtach go
gcoineoidh an Oifig Poist oscailte ar Oileán Bhéara
____________ Carol
Murphy, Murphy's Ferry Service, "Anchorage", Lawrence Cove, Bere
Island, Co. Cork
____________
Sylvia Glendon, Ardagh, Bere
Island
_____________
Joe Cahill,17 Oakley Drive, Earls
Court, Waterford
____________ Stefan
Reynolds, 50 Nassau Road, London SW13 9JS
Comment: "Please Keep the Post Office Open, I visit the
island regularly and always use it".
____________
Don Byrne & Ann Harrington
Byrne, Jim's Place, Greenane, Bere Island, Co. Cork
Comment: "We are disturbed to hear that the Bere Island
Post Office, an essential part of island life, might be closed. We spend
part of every summer on Bere Island, and family and guests use our house
other times of the year. Along with our friends and neighbors, we are
regular users of the island post office. Please do not take away this
important community service".
_____________ Ann
Berry (daughter of Maggie Og), 2 Windmill Heights, North Leigh, Witney,
Oxon
Comment: " The Post Office is the centre of every
community, please don't take that away from the islanders. We lost ours
from our small village two years ago, it took that time fighting to get it
back, but we won!!!".
___________
Nikki Shearer
___________
Louise Shearer
____________
Tom Shearer
(50)
____________
Peter Shearer
____________ Matthew
Shearer
____________
Francis Shearer
____________ Sharon
Martin Sullivan, Main Street, Castletownbere
___________ Gary
Lowney
Comment: "Bere Island is a fantastic place, whose Post
Office is of vital importance to the local people & its visitors. Its
automation is crucial to the islands prosperity".
_____________
Catherine Charrière Meccio, Rue
des Petites Buttes 16b, 1180 Rolle, Switzerland
____________
Pierre Corcoran, London, England
____________
Martin Egan, 26 Batford Road,
Harpenden, Herts, AL5 5AT
____________ Oliver
Todd, 32 Northhampton St, London, N1 2UX
Comment: "The community of Bere Island has been a real
inspiration to me (contact via the meditation community). Part of this
would certainly be lost without the Post Office as part of it".
____________ Helen
Lowe, Herts,
Comment: " Please add my name to the petition against the
closure of the Post Office on Bere Island. I strongly object to the
proposed plans, which would have a serious and detrimental effect on the
island's community and tourist services".
____________
Thom Kleiss & Family
(Switzerland), The American House, Bere Island
Comment: " As frequent visitors of Bere Island, we think
the presence of a local post officeis crucial (private mails, business
mails, etc) and we fully support the drive to keep it on Bere Island".
____________
André Mueller, Klarhorststraße
12, 33613 Bielefeld, Germany
____________ Esther
O' Hara/ Burke, 21 North Street, North Weymouth, MA 02191
Comment: " My name is Esther O' Hara/ Burke....I was born
on the island April 5th 1944. I am now living in the United States. I have
gone back to visit the island many times, and would hate to see the Post
Office closed........
____________
Annie Bossa, Norwell, MA USA
____________ Trish
Macropoulos, Cork
Comment: "Trish Mcropoulos from Cork here. 100% behind
keeping the Post Office on the island. The Post Office is an integral part
of any rural and island community".
(35)
_____________ Brendan,
Edel, Oisin, Billy, Breandan, Michelagh, Olan & Ultan Murphy, Lawrence
Cove, Bere Island, Beara, Co. Cork
Comment: "It is vital for the existence of ourselves and
our family that the Bere Island Post Office is kept open and automated. It
is a vital link to the outside world and as a small island community
trying to survive the Post Office plays a big role in this.
____________ Vicki
Power, Castletownbere
____________ Peter
Camilleri, London, England
____________ Geraldine
O' Sullivan, Bere Island
Comment: "I have only been living here a few weeks but can
easily appreciate how valuable the post office is to Bere Island. It's the
focal point of the village. I'm hopign to stay longterm and hope the Post
Office will be too".
____________
Mary & Tony Camilleri, Sliema,
Malta
____________
Mary Power, Fast Fish
____________
John Murphy, Fast Fish
(20)
____________
Danny Hurley, Fast Fish
____________
Donal Kelly, Fast Fish ____________ Catherine
Helen Bossa
____________
Johnny & Theresa Hobbs,
Bere Island
____________
Fr. Laurence Freeman OSB
Comment: "We might be able to arrange some larger
international mailings for our community from Bere Island"
____________
Laura Power, Development Worker
for Bere, Whiddy & Dursey Islands.
____________
Eileen Bossa, 20 Captain
Vinal Way, Norwell, MA 02061, USA
____________
James T. Murphy
____________ Joanna Murphy, Bere Island
Comment: " Give Bere Island its Automated Post Office, its
the least we deserve".
(10)
Patricia
Williams, 39 Childwall Mount Road, Childwall, Liverpool, England, L16 7PJ
Comments: "I detail below my name and address and wholeheartedly
object to the closure of the Bere Island Post Office, this is a vital part
of the community, providing a much needed service. We regularly
visit the Island and am absolutely astounded that such a decision has even
been considered! The Bere Island community need that service"!
____________
Dawn Ely, aurora3362@yahoo.co.uk
Comment: " I am completely opposed to the closure of Bere
Island Post Office. The needs of the community of this island should be
considered seriously since there is a deep body of sea water between the
inhabitants and the mainland, where the nearest Post Office is situated in
Castletownbere.
The value of the POst Office goes far beyond that of processing bill
payments, postage, savings and scoial benefits, since the island epople
and visitors here both enjoy and benefit from the community connection,
communication and support that makes it an integral part of island
life.
The modernisation of the Post Office processing would increase the volume
and value of transactions and I do not believe that the costs involved
would be in any way comparable for any modern business model.
____________
Neil Street,
41 Score Lane, Liverpool L16 6AN
Comment: "I am a regular visitor to Bere Island.
Amongst other reasons, I am attracted to the Island because of the
unspoilt rugged countryside. One of the reasons it has remained so
unspoiled is because of the remoteness of the Island with only a ferry to
gain access - no road bridges to bring lots of cars. However, it is
the remoteness of the Island that makes the Post Office such an important
facility for residents & visitors alike. To close the post
office would be to deprive the local community & visitors of a very
important service that, I assume would then only be available by taking a
ferry journey across to the mainland – both expensive and possibly
difficult for some of the Island’s elderly residents".
____________
David Andrews & Harriet
Roach, Lowneys, Bere Island, Cork
Comment: "The continued existence of the Bere Island post
office is essential for the good of local and visiting people"
____________
MICHAEL SMITH,
16 HIGSON COURT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 9TG, ENGLAND
Comment: “Bere Island needs it’s Post Office both for the
local people and visitors. We are regular guests on the island and always
use the Post Office amenities“.
____________
Samantha Smith, 16 Higson Court,
Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 8TG
Comment: "As a frequent visitor to the Bere Island I have
seen firsthand how valuable the post office is to the Island. The
people of Bere Island should not have to go to the Main Land for this
service, money should be spent on the upgrade to allow the islanders to
keep their independence"
____________
Louise Brazier, Quality Dept.
Administrator, Admin For Brian Callan Quality Director, Admin For David
Clarke Logistics Director, Boston Scientific, Business & Technology
Park, Model Farm Rd, Cork, Ireland
Comment: "The loss of this Post Office would be detrimental
to the Island and the tourism. A Post Office is a basic amenity that is
required by all whom live and travel to the Island. Are we going
backwards in a world that is going forwards very fast!!!!!"
Adrian Moriarty, Greenane, Bere Island, Co. Cork
Comment: "We are not in the dark ages, give Bere Island its Automated
Post Office so we can easily get money out and not have to travel to the
mainland every single time we need money"
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