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Swann steps up campaign to save Bushmills Post Office

Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Committees for Agriculture and Culture, has called on the entire constituency to rally behind saving Bushmills Post Office from closure. Mr Swann is North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip. He added: “We need to understand that this is not just about the future of a single village Post Office. “There is the real danger that there will be a very serious knock-on effect for rural communities across the constituency if we start losing battles to save individual Post Offices. “The authorities will not want to antagonise the constituency by closing all threatened Post Offices at once. The danger is that the authorities will introduce a campaign of quiet, individual closures. “Before we as a community know what is happening, we will have lost an entire network of rural Post Offices. Such Post Offices … Continue reading

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Chief Whip

Dear Mr. Swann, At the Monthly Meeting of Council held on Tuesday, 8th May, 2012 the Mayor made Members aware of the fact that you had recently been promoted to the prestigious post of Chief Whip of the Ulster Unionist Assembly Group. On behalf of His Worship the Mayor, Alderman and Councillors of Ballymena Borough Council, may I extend congratulations to you on this appointment which is no doubt an acknowledgement of this important role that you play within your Party’s Assembly Group. Council wishes you every success in your new role. Yours sincerely R.McKnight, Acting Town Clerk and Chief Executive Ballymena Borough Council

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