An Post launches UK service to bypass ‘post-Brexit trade barriers’
Company says SMEs have faced ‘complexity, cost, and considerable delays’ when selling into the 69m-strong British consumer market
David McRedmond
Days appear to be numbered for daily delivery of letters
Latest price increases follow decline in letter volumes of 7% in past 12 months and more than 50% since 2016
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
‘Delay is fatal’ to Dublin revitalisation plans, says David McRedmond
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Funding delay is ‘fatal’ to Dublin Taskforce’s action plan, says David McRedmond
An Post chief called on Government to set aside €1bn in budget to fund action plan
‘Now everyone is so isolated’: Closure of rural Kildare post offices hits locals hard
Villages of Moone and Narraghmore reeling, but in last decade 257 post offices have closed countrywide
An Post chief ‘absolutely furious’ at Cabinet leak as Taoiseach expresses ‘full confidence’ in company
Minister for Communications denies he is source for media report and insists company is ‘very viable’ and ‘profitable’
Let’s give Dublin back its Champs-Élysées and turn the GPO into apartments
Do not treat it as Ireland’s ‘good room’. We need people to live on O’Connell Street
The Irish Times view on plans for the GPO: a terrible idea is born
The historic site deserves more than functional repurposing
David McRedmond: ‘An Post has been brilliant. I’ve never been remunerated less and enjoyed a job more’
McRedmond’s credo is: ‘All businesses are dying; you have to find the new thing’. He has lived that philosophy at State-owned postal service, whose core business has shifted from letters to parcels and, increasingly, financial services
Revamped GPO could host museum to attract Irish diaspora, says An Post chief
State-owned postal company moved headquarters from GPO in mid-2023 to modern office block in Dublin’s north docks
Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more?
New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following review
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
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
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