The Cork Mail Centre closed in the early hours of tomorrow morning as the last shift finished at the Little Island facility. The move was met with huge local anger and allegations that Cork representatives did little to prevent the closure. "We said at the time that the closure of the Cork Mail Centre was not the fault of any of the local staff but a consequence of the serious changes affecting our business. One letter from a representative of the Cork Mails Centre branch of the Communications Workers Union from November 2018 said staff were "worried and repulsed" following a previous An Post announcement the centre was potentially going to close. Solidarity TD Mick Barry, who has been a vocal critic of the decision to close the facility, also paid tribute to the workforce.

Source: Irish Examiner March 20, 2020 17:37 UTC