An Post’s new Buzz fleet gears up for Christmas


DONEGAL is set to benefit from An Post’s roll-out of 45 new electric vehicles. With the festive season just around the corner, An Post is estimated to deliver over 10 million packages nationwide over the coming weeks. As 30% of delivery routes are covered by electric vehicles, An Post say over 100,000 parcels will be […]

Free postcards available in every Donegal Post Office ahead of St Patrick’s Day  


An Post is getting into the St Patrick’s Day spirit by providing FREE postcards to customers in every Post Office from tomorrow which can use to send love across the globe with an international stamp this St Patrick’s Day. The postcard’s striking design features illustrations from The Book of Kells and reflect An Post’s limited […]

Two new stamps featuring illustrations from the Book of Kells


An Post has issued Two new stamps featuring illustrations from the Book of Kells. The brightly coloured stamps show the profile of the lion, a reoccurring image in the manuscript, symbolising Christ and the resurrection. Monks of St. Columba’s order of Iona, Scotland are thought to have produced the Book of Kells, which was brought […]

Donegal Gardaí issue warning over An Post scam text


    Gardaí in Donegal are urging people to be mindful after an increase in scam text messages pertaining to be from ‘An Post’. Advertisement Gardaí said they have been made aware that a ‘Customs Fee’ scam text message is once again doing the rounds. This text requests that you pay a small amount of […]

Continued demand for online shopping drives up parcel volumes for An Post


CONTINUED demand in online shopping is primarily driving up parcel volume for An Post staff in Letterkenny’s sorting office. Hardworking staff at the Carnamuggagh-based facility are carefully sifting through festive parcel and letter deliveries to ensure they reach their recipients before Christmas. With post-pandemic online shopping continuing to prove popular locally, as well as the […]

Former boat builder now operates on smaller scale


A skilled craftsman who served his time in the BIM boatyard in Killybegs in the early 1970s is using his expertise and creativity to build model fishing trawlers. Frankie Kennedy is now working on a model of the Rós Inbhir, a 50-foot trawler built in 1953 in Killybegs Boatyard. It will be a present for […]

Charge was so excessive he nearly blew a fuse himself


A DONEGAL pensioner got more than he bargained for when he recently purchased an electrical fuse online. The 12 volt fuse, which initially cost £2.91, ended up costing him more than four times that amount when postage, VAT and handling fees were taken into account. “Something which started out very cheap turned out to be […]

Fears easing after daunting start last year


MARTIN McGinley has been delivering letters for An Post for almost twenty years. Over those years, the job of a postman has changed considerably – something which has been thrown into sharp focus since Covid-19. “When I started we were effectively a letter business which delivered the odd parcel. Now we’ve almost become a parcel […]