An Post sacks worker after armed raid

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A post office worker has had her contract terminated because An Post says she did not follow the correct security procedures during an armed robbery last year.

Bernie Moore has run the post office in Carrigans in Co Donegal for 30 years. Last February three armed raiders held-up the post office and got away with cash from the safe.

Ms Moore was held at gunpoint and was forced to hand over cash from the safe.

After the raid An Post contacted Ms Moore and demanded that she pay them €80,000 and they told her they were terminating her contract.

In a statement today, An Post said: 'While we do not wish to comment on an individual case we can confirm that the issue in Carrigans involved ongoing failure to implement basic security arrangements. For this reason we terminated the contract of our Postmistress in Carrigans.

'These security measures are in place for the protection of post office staff and customers. Failing to implement these measures puts all post office staff and customers at risk.'

An Post has advertised for a replacement postmaster for the Carrigans area in Co Donegal starting on 1 September, the day Bernie Moore's contract ends.

[DGP1]

Do they seriously expect anyone to take over the contract with the way they've behaved