The cost of sending large envelopes, packets and some parcels within Ireland is increasing by almost 6%.

A new study shows two-thirds of people are not completely satisfied with items bought online, but just 38% send them back.

Meals-on-wheels could soon be delivered with the help of An Post.

Last week, 300 people from a small community in Easkey, Co Sligo, resisted the possible closure of their post office.

An Post says it is absolutely confident it can cope with Christmas, water charge refunds, and polling cards.

Alligator and crocodile heads, ivory tusks, guns, and swords were among the weird, wonderful and downright dangerous items seized in the mail last year.

Ho, ho, ho!

Postmasters have called on the Government to protect the network by turning their stores into community hubs and one-stop-shops for state services.

A literary disaster?

Postmasters have staged a protest outside the Department of Social Protection today, accusing the Government of deliberately trying to “shut them down”.

Householders in nine counties are being given the chance to take part in an initiative aimed at cutting down on junk mail.

Staff involved in a dispute at a An Post contractor have voted to accept settlement proposals in their dispute over rostering arrangements and pay today.

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Charlie Flanagan, has said the ongoing postal disruption due to industrial action is of some concern to the Government.

The Communication Workers Union says An Post's decision to shut down postal services is "ludicrous" and unneccessary.

The company at the centre of an industrial dispute at An Post's mail centres, says its employees' core pay is not being cut.

It was a Maris Piper, in case you were wondering.

The complaints rolled in like Christmas cards in December.

"I would marry you like a shot if you were a slip of a girl."

Postage rates are to increase on July 1, An Post has announced.

Irish Water is telling customers "the bill is in the post".