John Rocha loses his calm in Killiney as he objects to ‘Trojan horse’ development
Plus: Olivia O’Leary wants to save the snails; An Post chief accuses WHO of anti-Irish message; and Ryanair enters the culture wars in Germany
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Lord Rothermere’s lead Dublin tenant is part of ‘middle-class eco rabble who want to kill off free speech’
Plus: the Conor McGregor donation that never was; agent Noel Kelly’s unchanged fortunes at RTÉ; and the four Oireachtas members with prize-bond fever
Children will receive over €500 on average for their Communion. Where should you put it?
If even two-thirds receive the average in gifts, that’s a windfall of more than €24m in the hands of young children in the coming months
Postal worker victim of ‘serious dog attack’, says An Post
The man is understood to have suffered serious bite wounds last Thursday
‘This was a serious breach of trust’: Judge convicts former An Post employee of theft and interfering with mail
Seán Hogan (39), a former An Post employee convicted of theft and interfering with mail over 2½ years, was given a fully suspended two-year sentence
‘It’s definitely more special to get a letter than an email’: Rise in price of stamp gets mixed reception
Universal stamp of approval proves elusive for An Post when customers cast cold eye on increase
An Post boss defends stamp price increase amid rising costs and falling usage
Cost of sending a letter has increased 40 per cent since 2020, Garret Bridgeman said
Price of a postage stamp to increase by 25c to €1.65
An Post says latest hike compares favourably to Denmark where the price of a stamp is €5.23
Irish civil servants pore over a US right-wing roadmap so radical even Trump seems wary
Plus: Stripe lets fluffy ducks break the bad news to 300 sacked staff; domicile levy fails to sweat Ireland’s richest; and An Post chief shows Royal Mail who’s boss
Do something with your savings before rates fall further
There are lots of ways to make money work harder, from topping up a pension to paying off debt
A Dunnes parcel goes missing, a customer loses €672, and the retailer won’t repay her
A reader shares her never-ending story of returned clothing and the ongoing pursuit of a refund
Ireland in the 1980s was backward, poor and stagnant. Some politicians want to bring us back there
Those who challenged the existing consensus were routinely condemned as Thatcherite by commentators and union leaders who were comfortable with the failed status quo
Wonderwallets: the cost of everything in 2024, from Oasis tickets to Leinster House bike shelter
Planet Business: The year in numbers, from Boris Johnson’s book advance to fines for dirty toilets at Dublin Airport
Hauliers seek €60m a month in aid to cope with Holyhead port closure
Seen and heard: Port damage to hit prices; City library tender; Johnny Ronan’s Bewley’s deal; Mercury Engineering jobs; Oatier eyes Dublin flotation
Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan wins An Post Irish Book of the Year 2024
Author repeats success with sequel to his debut The Spinning Heart, which won award in 2012
Holyhead port closure: Thousands face anxious wait over crossings to Ireland in the run-up to Christmas
Major food retailers confident closure ‘will have very limited impact on customers, now that contingency plans are in place’
Letters to the Editor, December 16th: On the Ceann Comhairle, data centres and the price of coffee
The position of Ceann Comhairle is one of our great constitutional offices of State
Holyhead Port damage: Have your Christmas present parcels been delayed?
An Post says all the parcels stuck in Holyhead should be delivered by Christmas
Holyhead Port closure: Will it impact people coming home for Christmas?
An Post is confident it can handle the parcel backlog amid disruption from port closure
Gardaí investigating alleged theft of significant volume of parcels and letters in Crumlin area
A person of interest has been identified
Holyhead Port closure: Backlog clearing but no guarantee all packages will be delivered to Ireland by 25th
Use of other routes and haulage companies has seen backlog reduced from 500,000 to 150,000 parcels, says An Post
‘Our available balance was €500 lower than we thought it should be’: A ‘jarring’ story about An Post Money app
Funds from a customer’s subsidiary account rather than main account used to cover card transactions
‘Writing a Christmas card list makes you think about who you value. It’s a very mindful exercise’
Millions of letters will be handled every day by An Post during the lead-up to Christmas
Donal Ryan wins An Post Irish Novel of the Year Award for Heart, Be at Peace
Sally Rooney, Graham Norton, Johnny Sexton, Jane Casey and Paul Howard also among winners at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards
An Post worker who claimed she was penalised over ‘whacked’ chair complaint has case rejected
Labour Court upholds €1,000 award, however, for age-related harassment after comment about ‘her vintage’ of music
The 100 Archive: ‘The Irish design diaspora is truly global, yet their work is rarely recognised as Irish’
Irish Design Week 2024: Leading designers created the 100 Archive website to chart the past, present and future of the creative work that’s all around us
An Post prepared to enter mediation over tiger kidnapping claim, court hears
Malahide postmistress, her two daughters and an Italian student have all sued the postal services company
Irish Book Awards 2024 shortlist: Sally Rooney, Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, David McWilliams and more
Winners of the 19th year of the An Post book awards will be announced at a ceremony in December
RTÉ seems content to let Montrose moulder. It should jump at the chance to move back to the GPO
A proposed return by the national broadcaster to its birthplace is apt as it redefines itself, and could benefit a neglected part ot Dublin
Switching mobile networks? Here’s how to pay only for what you need and avoid roaming charges
A comparison of plans from Three, Vodafone, Eir, Virgin Mobile, Sky Mobile, 48, An Post Mobile, Tesco Mobile and GoMo
Postman who stole greeting cards to pay off gambling debt given suspended sentence
Shane Brown (35) caught with 39 stolen greeting card envelopes after ‘sting’ operation by An Post
Ireland’s best and worst customer service: Guess which list Aer Lingus and Facebook are in
The annual Customer Experience survey found the Credit Union Movement the best perfomer
Non-bank lender Grid starts SME loans partnership with An Post
Deal aimed at helping it reach its plan to almost triple its current number of business customers to 10,000 over the next three years
Tiger kidnapping: ‘What was I to do? The woman I loved was being threatened with her life’
Shopkeeper pulls down the shutters on an enjoyable 51-year career but remains haunted by 2010 kidnap-robbery incident
TV licence sales fail to recover from drop-off caused by RTÉ pay controversy, new data shows
A total of 450,000 licences were bought in the first seven months of the year, 14% down on the figures for 2022.
Future governments will be able to alter RTÉ funding deal
Minister ‘couldn’t imagine’ a future government rowing back on the commitments even though no legislation would be needed to do so
TV licence fee to stay unchanged but viewers may see impact on RTÉ services
Existing licence fee payers will be affected by this deal if RTÉ is obliged to make further programme cuts as a result
Households who fail to pay TV licence may face immediate fixed-charge notice
Viewers may need to key in a code to access publicly funded content
No plan to expand TV licence into wider household charge under new RTÉ funding model
Annual fee set to remain €160
It’s in the mail ... or is it? More reader stories of missing post between Ireland and Australia
An Post says there is no evidence of ‘systemic issues or challenges’ with mail between the two countries but urges senders to always include return address
Post office to vacate historic Ballsbridge building after 135 years
Decision to move post office described as an ‘outrage’ by a local representative
Irish man uses tracker in bid to find out why his letters rarely reach daughter in Australia
An AirTag tracker inserted with a card recorded its last location in a residential area near Heathrow airport
An Post revenues rise as ‘frothy’ ecommerce offsets fall of traditional letters
Ecommerce is currently growing at about 16% while post volumes are falling at a rate of about 9%
Asylum seeker turned postman becomes Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork
Cllr Honore Kamegni recently became first person of colour elected to Cork City Council
‘We saved for our wedding in 2007. We knuckled down for the year previous so we could have everyone we wanted there’
Wendy Stunt, chief marketing officer of Future Horizons
Top tips to avoid being scammed when you are on holiday
More than €100m was swiped from consumers in Ireland in various frauds and scams last year, according to data from the BPFI
Money dos and don’ts when travelling this summer
If travelling outside euro zone, consider getting your cash before you go or prefund a card and always watch out for the small print on things like ATM withdrawals
Jellyfish sting ‘no more harmful than a bee’: An Post stamps to highlight a healthy marine ecosystem
Carrageen moss and compass jellyfish feature on new stamps detailing Irish sea life
An Post named most reputable organisation over last 15 years as RTÉ suffers greatest decline
Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ
Staff at An Post and Eir to be balloted on new pay deals
Communications Workers Union gets agreements worth 8% for the postal workers and 11% for those in the telecom operator
Passing the parcel or passing the buck, who pays for all the careless deliveries?
Pricewatch: The rise of online shopping has led to greater demands being placed on delivery companies and their drivers, resulting in more problems for customers
Post box painted gold in honour of Oscar winner Cillian Murphy who ‘delivered for Cork’
Post box in Dublin also given gold treatment by An Post to mark success of Element pictures
‘Logical’ that banks should be responsible for maintaining infrastructure for access to cash
Access to Cash Bill is designed to manage future cash demand and will require independent ATM operators to register with the Central Bank
Complaint against An Post ad upheld after letters undelivered after 20 days
An advert from taxi-booking app FreeNow was the subject of 33 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority
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