Hundreds from across the North West march in Sligo at Post Office closures

Hundreds of people, many of them from Donegal, joined a march in Sligo in protest at the closure of post offices in the region.

As in Donegal, where 13 post offices, one of those in Dunkineely, are or will close shortly, counties Sligo and Leitrim have also their share of closures in the pipeline.

21 post offices in the North West region in total will close. Local communities have already shown their opposition to the move with over a thousand people turning out to public meetings in Gurteen, Ballinfull and Dunkineely in the past week.

Marchers gathered in Sligo today to send out a message in opposition to the closures and what is seen as another attack on rural Ireland.

The protesters gathered on Connaughton Road and marched behind a banner with he words 'Save our Post Offices' to the GPO on O’Connell Street in Sligo Town.

Public representatives came from Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo.

Vanessa Clarke from Muintir na Tíre told the gathering: "People are having to travel for miles and miles to access services. We need to make sure that we, in the west of Ireland and in other rural communities, get exactly what we deserve."