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Every household to be given two free postcards by An Post

The cards don’t need a stamp and are free to send to anywhere on the island of Ireland.

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Mar 20th 2020, 4:37 PM

Write short stories? Here's your chance to have your work featured on TheJournal.ie and RTÉ

The RTÉ Short Story competition is back for 2020 – and once again we’ll be featuring three winning stories on our site.

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Feb 25th 2020, 2:31 PM

Meet the Galway teen who's published her first book at just 16

We spoke to newly-published author Eilís Barrett, from Galway.

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Mar 28th 2016, 12:00 PM