asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will outline the reason why, after 140 years, the sub-post office has been taken from Crettyard, Carlow, County Laois, where it served 962 persons out of the local population of 1,094 and relocated in a locality serving only the balance of the local population: and if he will reconsider this matter in view of the strong local feelings on the relocation of this very necessary service.
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