Thursday 29 July, 2021
The postal service recorded a 3% increase in revenue on the previous year.
The company said the price increases are needed as it modernises the postal system.
Artworks submitted for the €10,000 commission will be judged by an expert panel.
Irish Postmasters’ Union general secretary has said that as more postmasters retire, the service will lose its backbone.
Green Party and Fianna Fáil TDs are calling for the government to revisit the idea of community banking.
Some companies have been more proactive than others but the pandemic may have slowed progress.
The postcards will begin arriving in households on Wednesday 20 January.
Many items posted in Ireland during December for delivery across the world are still in transit.
The company said it will do everything in its power to “maintain the flow of incoming and outgoing international mail”.
An Post wants to help Adam share his virtual hug across the world.
Gardaí are advising the public to never click on an unsolicited text or email.
Parcel deliveries with the company are at record levels.
This is a 230% increase on the same period last year.
Between the deluge of online orders and the need to social distance in depots, An Post has said “everything takes longer” this year.
The42′s Niall Kelly has also been nominated for his work on Barry Geraghty’s autobiography ‘True Colours’.
Fewer people send letters nowadays, opting for other forms of communication such as email.
The initiative comes under An Post’s Community Focus plan, which has been extended into 2021.
The report, which doesn’t take in the warns starkly of the need for this action to be taken within months.
A major report has revealed the poor health of the post office network.
The Father Ted stamps have proven to be a bona fide hit.
A survey by An Post indicated that ‘Hell’, ’Speed 3’, and ‘Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse’ were people’s favourite episodes.
It is the first time An Post and Royal Mail have come together on a collaboration.
Family members can request for a local postman/woman to check in on someone cocooning.
Simon Harris says there is a lot of misinformation out there about the guidelines.
A new service will also mean they will now take parcels and letters and deliver them for free.
An Post is also asking customers to not bring children to post offices, if possible.
The cards don’t need a stamp and are free to send to anywhere on the island of Ireland.
CEO David McRedmond, meanwhile, said the company has been ‘scouring everywhere’ for a supply of hand sanitiser.
A stamp price increase has also been delayed.
Three masked raiders bearing firearms tied up Susan Byrne and her husband in October 2011, the court heard.
There are currently 952 post offices in Ireland.
The prices of the stamps will increase on 19 March.
There have been no cases of coronavirus confirmed in Ireland.
An Post CEO David McRedmond has big plans on ID verification services, and hopes to “leapfrog the banks”.
“There’s life yet in letters,” An Post CEO David McRedmond told TheJournal.ie.
The semi-state is just getting started as it plots its long-term plan.
Here are this year’s winners.
The Shared Network will give out 2,000 SIM cards to homeless organisations next week.
A six-strong shortlist has been revealed, with works about Seamus Darby, the Skibbereen Rowing Club and the Dublin Marathon also included.
