Last-minute letters and parcels may not arrive in time for Christmas due to UK transport disruption

Parcels and cards posted nationally today for delivery across the Republic will be delivered in time for Christmas

Covid-19 restrictions have "seriously impacted" air freight capacity this year with practically all incoming and outgoing international letters and parcels conveyed by ferry via Great Britain.

Last-minute letters and parcels to and from Ireland to Great Britain and the rest of Europe will be impacted by the serious disruption to international supply lines via Great Britain, An Post has warned.

“We’ll do everything within our power to maintain the flow of incoming and outgoing international mail. However, current issues affecting transportation are increasingly outside the control of An Post as more European countries including Belgium, Sweden and Germany - one of our largest incoming mailers - temporarily suspend all despatches to Great Britain,” Garrett Bridgman, Managing Director, An Post Mails & Parcels explained.