Movies Go Postal

27 November 2007

An Post Movies by Mail is taking the drudge and the trudge out of DVD rental.

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Stamp celebrates hymn writer, Charles Wesley.

20 November 2007

‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ is just one of more than 6,500 hymns composed by Charles Wesley, younger brother of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. An Post’s new 78c stamp marks the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley’s birth in Lincolnshire, England in 1707.

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An Post welcomes Welfare finding

13 November 2007

An Post welcomes the clarity offered by the finding of the European Court of Justice in relation to the case brought by the European Commission against Ireland.

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An Post C Both Sides

06 November 2007

Be Part of Ireland’s Biggest Art Exhibition

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Stamp marks Museum’s 150th anniversary

25 October 2007

A new 55c postage stamp marks the 150th Anniversary of the Natural History Museum. Designed by Steve Simpson, the anniversary stamp is based on a specially commissioned Harry Weir photograph of the antlers of a Giant Irish Elk from the museum’s vast collection of extinct animals and coincides with a major restoration project to return the Victorian-style museum to its former glory.

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Major new TV literacy campaign launched

24 September 2007

A major new TV and cinema advertising campaign, researched, developed and sponsored by An Post, and the first of its kind in Ireland, marks the opening of National Adult Literacy Awareness Week (September 24th – 28th). For more information call 1800 20 20 65

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Tribute Stamp Celebrates the life of Revolutionary James Fintan Lalor

18 September 2007

An Post today launched a striking portrait stamp to celebrate the life of James Fintan Lalor; journalist, writer and revolutionary. Lalor, born in Tonakill, Co. Laois (1807) was an inspired political writer. In his writings he awakened a renewed sense of ownership of the land in the minds of the dispossessed Irish peasants and their leaders.

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Taoiseach Unveils San Clemente Anniversary Stamp

12 September 2007

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today launched a 55c stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of archaeological discoveries made at San Clemente Basilica, Rome by Irish Dominican Priest, Fr. Joseph Mullooly, who was born in Lanesboro, Co. Longford in 1812.

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New Turner Postage Stamps are the Cat’s Pyjamas

06 September 2007

An Post has issued four new postage stamps which take a light-hearted view of the domestic ‘Celtic Cat’.

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An Post sustains improved service quality

29 August 2007

An Post welcomes the release of the latest ComReg monitor for the second quarter of this year. The results show that An Post sustained its improved service level of 78 per cent during the April – June period. This represents a five per cent increase on the same period last year.

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