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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

‘We saved for our wedding in 2007. We knuckled down for the year previous so we could have everyone we wanted there’

Wendy Stunt, chief marketing officer of Future Horizons

Top tips to avoid being scammed when you are on holiday

More than €100m was swiped from consumers in Ireland in various frauds and scams last year, according to data from the BPFI

Money dos and don’ts when travelling this summer

If travelling outside euro zone, consider getting your cash before you go or prefund a card and always watch out for the small print on things like ATM withdrawals

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