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‘Urgent action’ needed to save more rural Kilkenny post offices from closure

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

Efforts by a Kilkenny TD to save rural Post Offices across the county from closure has received cross-party support. Local Sinn Féin Deputy Kathleen Funchion has been calling for the introduction of a Public Service Obligation (PSO) to secure the future of our post office network and prevent further rural post office closures in Kilkenny. […]

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Green letter day: Kilkenny’s An Post fleet to be emission free as it stamps out petrol and diesel

By Kilkenny Now 7th February 2020 0

Kilkenny will have zero emission postal deliveries by the end of the year. It will be one of six cities in Ireland where An Post will operate the green initiative by introducing electric vans and trucks. The national postal service body has invested €7.5m into a fleet of 47 electric vans and trucks and the […]

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Letter of the law: An Post and gardai team up to bring new crime initiative to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 18th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY POSTMEN and postwomen are to deliver more than letters and parcels to rural Kilkenny, they will now deliver a visible crime prevention support in partnership with the gardai. In a first in Ireland, An Post and An Gardai Síochána have announced a partnership aimed at bringing about a feeling of safety to […]

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‘You’ve won a prize!’- fraudsters target Kilkenny people in new text scam

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN Post and the gardai have warned Kilkenny people to watch out for a new text scam. The latest scam involved fraudsters contacting people via their mobile phone claiming to be from An Post, informing them they have won a prize. The message, which claims to be from An Post, asks people […]

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Homeless in Kilkenny will have their own postal address for first time

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

PEOPLE living in homeless shelters or emergency accommodation in Kilkenny will have their own personal postal address for the first time as part of a new initiative by An Post. Not having an address is a major stumbling block for people trying to lift themselves out of homelessness. But now, under the Address Point Scheme, […]

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An Post is going green and coming clean in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

AS part of it’s new zero emissions policy, An Post is switching all its delivery vans and other vehicles from petrol to electric. It also intends to install solar panels on all its buildings The Post Eco Plan is being introduced this year in Dublin and will be in operation in  Kilkenny by the end […]