FOREIGN EXCHANGE:AN POST is now selling sterling and US dollars at more than 200 post offices nationwide. The new service is commission-free at post offices in all main cities and towns across the country.
An Post retail director, John Daly, explained that the dollars and sterling service is the latest in a stream of new financial and communications services being made available to the 1.7 million customers who visit the post office every week.
Minimum purchase is £20 (€23.25) or $20 (€14.50).
“It’s one of a trio of holiday-related products which also includes the Passport Express and MailMinder services,” he said.
More than 80 per cent of all Irish passport applications and renewals are processed through the post office.
MailMinder provides peace-of-mind to An Post customers who don’t want their mail piling up while they are away from their home or business.