Will Donal take the 97,000 euros Bonus? http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bonuses-of-euro150000-waiting-to-be-claimed-2627371.html
Postman Pat has no plans to deliver letter of resignation -- despite his €7m Lotto fortune Postman stole cash from cards, court told http://www.irishexaminer.com/text/ireland/kfeysncwgbey/ An Post staff to get bonus payments
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0610/1224272192520.html
Rubber bands from letter bundles choking the little animals? AH
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-12518196?SThisEM
Gang-ambush postman wins €20k damages
Evening Herald "A POSTMAN has won €20,000 in High Court damages against An Post after he was attacked and struck on the head with an iron bar. See link below
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/gangambush-postman-wins-euro20k-damages-2500318.html
Rural areas could lose postal service if market is liberalised, union warns
http://www.tribune.ie/article/2011/jan/09/rural-areas-could-lose-postal-service-if-market-is/
Cork Gaeltacht residents battle to save post office
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0106/1224286877073.html
Drivers and walkers told to be extremely careful
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1207/1224284926304.html
An Post workers fearing for future deliver tough message to Dail
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/an-post-workers-fearing-for-future-deliver-tough-message-to-dail-2444780.html
"Four postal workers suffer fractures on frozen footpaths" A timely reminder of the dangers of delivering mail in snow and ice, from The Irish Independent Last January... be careful out there.
An Post ceases 'turning blind eye' to free redirection arrangement
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/1119/1224283711495.html
Response to Email Campaign from Minister Eamon Ryan
http://www.protectyourpost.ie/news/2010/11/09/response-to-email-campaign-from-minister-eamon-rya/
An Post on course to cut 400 jobs by end of year
Miriam Lord, a writer for today, look at how she captures it all in a funny and ruthless way in her article
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1020/1224281543464.html
Post Haste
http://www.irishtimes.com/letters/index.html#1224280632754
Postcodes carry a hefty price tag
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/postcodes-carry-a-hefty-price-tag-2362036.html
AN POST TAKES OVER TITLE SPONSORSHIP OF RÁS Sep 27, 2010 After years being known as the FBD Insurance Rás, it has been announced today that An Post will take over the title sponsorship of Ireland’s prestigious stage race, starting 2011...
Postman dumped 10,000 letters over ‘family pressures’
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/postman-dumped-10000-letters-over-family-pressures-130907.html
First 'intelligent' stamp put on sale by Royal Mail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11172864
An Post faces accusation of defying public contract rule
http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2010/09/12/story51637.asp
Postman Left Bewildered By ESB Letter To Graveyard 'Occupant'
A postman was left bewildered yesterday when he attempted to deliver a letter from the ESB to a graveyard in Co Clare.
http://www.clareherald.com/regional/2530-postman-left-bewildered-by-esb-letter-to-graveyard-occupant.html?lang=
Thief In Hi-Vis Jacket Steals Postman's Mailbag
http://www.clareherald.com/regional/2696-thief-in-hi-vis-jacket-steals-postmans-mailbag.html?lang=
Postal changes illogical, inconvenient and costly
Issued : Friday 30 July, 2010
Statement by Senator Brendan Ryan
Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Transport; Education
The proposed changes by An Post to arrangements for parcel and registered letter recovery, where these have not been delivered by the postman, in areas such as Rush, Lusk, Oldtown and Garristown are unacceptable and will result in unnecessary cost and inconvience to residents in these areas.
Instead of a note to the effect that the item can be picked up at the local post office, the note will indicate that the item should be picked up at the Balbriggan depot. This is unacceptable and will result in unnecessary hardship for people.
There is no credible reason for these changes. There is no associated productivity improvement which will bring savings to An Post. The postman in the area still returns to the local post office each evening to leave the undelivered item there to be transferred to Balbriggan later in the evening.
It was introduced in the Skerries area last year and caused many difficulties to people. A woman, who contacted me, on finding the note in relation to the failed delivery, immediately got a taxi to Balbriggan to pick up the item and was informed when she got there that the item had not yet been returned to Balbriggan.
This proposal makes no sense whatsoever. It is a further reduction in the services provided by rural post offices and must be dropped. Perhaps it is a precursor to the closure of these rural post offices
In the Customer Charter on the An Post website Chief Executive, Donal Connell states that "all of us at An Post are committed to offering you high quality services that meet your needs."
The proposed illogical changes do not meet the needs of rural Fingal and should be dropped immediately
http://www.labour.ie/press/listing/12805022325235015.html
An Post criticised over centralisation plan Thursday, 26 August 2010
AN Post has been criticised for inconveniencing customers through the relocation of its parcel and registered post collections to Balbriggan, almost 20 miles from many north county Dublin homes.
Under the new arrangement, residents living in Garristown will have to make a 40km round trip to personally collect undelivered packages and registered letters. for complete article go to link below
Dublin People O2’s shift to online billing has been criticised by Labour communications spokesperson Liz McManus.
http://www.dublinpeople.com
“This change to the billing system will make it more difficult for customers to track the various charges. There are a large number of tariff options that can change when one switches phones. In the interest of clarity and transparency, the billing model should not be changed in this way.
“The decision on how a bill is received should be one that the customer makes voluntarily, not one that is foisted upon them and puts large numbers of the buying public at a disadvantage. While the company will save money from this billing change, it appears that the savings will not be passed onto the customers,” she added. See article at link below
http://www.businessandleadership.com/technology/news/article/24911/
------------------------------------------------------------------Plans to build a new shopping centre on the site of An Post's flagship Galway City building have been scrapped as a result of the recession.
Developers wanted to build a shopping centre on the the GPO site. They had planned to move the existing post office to the new city centre premises and charge An Post a nominal fee of €1 per annum.
http://www.build.ie/construction_news.asp?newsid=115469
Sale of state assets.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fine-gael-will-back-sale-of-state-assets-2280618.html
GPO worker who stole €25k vows to pay back cash
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/gpo-worker-who-stole-euro25k-vows-to-pay-back-cash-2274914.html
an Post Meath Cycle a great success
Snail Mail
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0710/1224274422296.html
Semi state companies including An Post to be sold? See the two articles below
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0704/economy.html
Oldest US Postal Worker Chester Arthur Reed Retires In Calif. At 95
http://beatricedailysun.com/news/national/article_75c40306-ec6a-5a53-8a52-b3b3788888c6.html
Complaints against An Post, Ombudsman 2009 Annual Report
http://www.ombudsman.gov.ie/en/Reports/AnnualReports/AnnualReportoftheOmbudsman2009/annexa.html#s25
Great win for An Post Team rider in Sligo
http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_5009.shtml
Is this the real IBEC agenda? from the Examiner today
"We need policies that underpin economic development. We must honestly review, in conjunction with Government and unions, both the cost of employing someone and the interaction between the labour market and the social welfare system. Otherwise we will not be able to get people back to work in sufficient numbers to make a real dent in the unemployment figures."
http://www.examiner.ie/business/kfcwmhcwojql/#ixzz0rk2J1kuO
An Post in talks over E400m pension gaphttp://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=2621499
An Post Tour of The Burren cycle a huge success
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/freewheelin-fun-burning-it-up-in-the-burren-2228663.html
Postman's special delivery
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/postmans-special-delivery-2223344.html
Postman gets 32,000 euros for injuries caused http://whtmlww.independent.ie/national-news/courts/postman-gets-836432000-for-injuries-caused-by-dog-2212450.html
NIB agrees deal with An Post CIARA O'BRIEN http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0601/breaking23.html
An Post employees honoured for two centuries-plus service Read More http://www.enniscorthyecho.ie/news/story/?trs=mhgbkfeykf&cat=news
Plea not to close more post offices after rise in robberies
By Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/plea-not-to-close-more-post-offices-after-rise-in-robberies-119907.html#ixzz0o7FTMQBS
"Sligo is gripped by cycling fever! THE An Post Tour of Sligo proved an outstanding success with 1,400 cyclists on their bikes along the roads of Sligo last Sunday". Read more http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=eyaumhsncw&cat=sport
16-5-2010 Post staff pay claim thrown out
"A CLAIM by more than 10,000 An Post staff for a 3.5pc pay rise has been rejected" http://www.independent.ie/national-news/post-staff-pay-claim-thrown-out-2179679.html
Updated 10-5-2010 "The question is: do Fitzpatrick’s remarks inadvertently support the case for the need to make serious job cuts at the company? Was he sending out a signal to the rank and file that serious changes will have to be made?" go to link below for the articlehttp://www.thepost.ie/themarket/comment-49064.html
Updated: Eircom refutes Steve Fitzpatricks Claims
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/eircom-is-on-the-brink-of-collapse-warns-union-boss-2169598.html
'Eircom could collapse within 6 months' http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=2597937
Warning of threat to post jobs from liberalisation
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0506/1224269793302.html