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
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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
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