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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013
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Betrayal of Blackpool
TO RELOCATION OF BLACKPOOL POST OFFICE
THE funeral of the teenager killed in a tragic farm accident in Skibbereen on Wednesday evening will take place tomorrow. Ciarán Casey, DERYH, a 14-year-old second-year student at Rossa College, died when he became trapped between a digger and a wall at his family’s farm at Church Cross. Shocked schoolmates will be offered counselling by Rossa College, while a member of the National Education Psychology Service has also been sent to the area by the Department of Education. Ciarán is survived by his parents, Stephen and Norma, and siblings Darragh, Aileen and Orla. Glowing tributes have been paid to Ciarán, who was well-known for his love of the outdoors. Reception prayers will take place in St Comghall’s Church, Lisheen today at 6pm. Ciarán’s funeral Mass takes place tomorrow at 2pm.
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By PADRAIG HOARE
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EDITION NO. 34,830
By SARAH HORGAN
THE betrayal of Blackpool is how locals today described the closure of their village post office after 100 years in business. The post office, which handled 6,000 transactions a week, will from Monday operate from the nearby shopping centre, despite a massive local campaign fought to keep it in its current central location A petition of more than 6,000 signatures, two city centre demonstrations, mass meetings and a pledge by some locals to move their business to the local credit union, failed to convince An Post to do a U-turn on their decision. The main concern among the community is the effect the move will have on its elderly residents. Socialist Party councillor Mick Barry said: “Blackpool
Residents of Blackpool and customers outside the Post Office as it closes its doors today after 100 years in the village. It moves to the shopping centre on Monday. Picture: Larry Cummins has been betrayed.” But Public Affairs Manager for An Post Angus Laverty
said: “We are happy to have the post office open on Monday and have no doubt that, in
time, residents of the village will change their opinion in relation to this decision.”
● The people’s verdict: See pages six and seven
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