An Post warns of ‘overtime monster’ as postman nets €86,000

ONE postman will earn €86,500 this year, when his overtime pay is included. The top ten earning post workers will earn nearly €800,000 among them by the year’s end, according to figures obtained by The Irish Examiner.

The figures highlight what management has called the “overtime monster” in An Post, which today faces its first nationwide strike in years.

Talks mediated by the National Implementation Body will resume today, but progress was last night described as “slow.” Contingency plans have been drawn up on both sides.