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# return-to-sender - Tuesday 17 September, 2019
New study shows that the average person in Ireland sends just two or three letters per month
ComeReg conducted a study on Irish postal users.
# return-to-sender - Saturday 1 April, 2017
Explainer: Britain has triggered Article 50 - but is it reversible?
It depends who you ask – but here’s what the experts think…
# return-to-sender - Wednesday 14 December, 2016
Parcel Motel user who received wrong package used Facebook to track down rightful owner
Eleanor O’Farrell had trouble finding her own parcel.
# return-to-sender - Tuesday 16 February, 2016
A letter a Frenchman sent to his mother in 1870 has turned up in Australia
Balloon mail was the only way communications from Paris could reach the rest of France during the Prussian siege.
# return-to-sender - Thursday 4 February, 2016
Just what can election candidates use Dáil envelopes for?
The Standards in Public Office Commission dictates what they can and can’t be used for.
# return-to-sender - Monday 28 December, 2015
Here are the most talked about letters of 2015
From the desks of Enda Kenny, Taylor Swift and a teenager with two dads, to name a few.
# return-to-sender - Monday 20 July, 2015
Here is yet more proof that Irish postmen are miracle workers
“Don’t know full address only he sings like Neil Diamond.”
# return-to-sender - Friday 10 July, 2015
This man is still testing An Post and they're coming up trumps
An Post managed to deliver knitted post. Knitted post?
# return-to-sender - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
The future of Irish post offices has very little to do with post
Around 48% of post offices account for just 12% of total business.
# return-to-sender - Saturday 6 June, 2015
An Post says man sending 'puzzle' mail is 'a postal champion'
But they have a stern warning for people too…
# return-to-sender - Thursday 4 June, 2015
Will this get delivered? One man is testing An Post's problem-solving skills
Your move, postal service.
# return-to-sender - Saturday 18 April, 2015
Fifty Dublin City Council JobBridge interns not employed at the end of placement
The Department of Social Protection say this is down to the public sector recruitment embargo.
# return-to-sender - Monday 6 October, 2014
Did you buy an Opel this year? You've been told not to drive it
New Corsas, Adams or Corsavans registered since February have been recalled.
# return-to-sender - Wednesday 1 October, 2014
Anti-water charge protesters say 'don't register' - Irish Water says it'll cost you
Irish Water said those who do not register will face a default tariff of €424 a year.
# return-to-sender - Friday 29 August, 2014
Does this belong to you? Appeal for owner of cherished photo
The Bray People newspaper are eager to track down the owner and return the photograph.
# return-to-sender - Sunday 2 March, 2014
This is the letter the HSE is sending to ask people if they've emigrated...
The HSE says in the letter that it is mindful that due to the “changed economic situation” that many cardholders may no longer be living here.
# return-to-sender - Saturday 8 February, 2014
9 unusual items that have been lost in the Irish post
50,000 items end up in An Post’s returned letters centre in Limerick each week. Yes, there are sex toys.
# return-to-sender - Friday 7 February, 2014
Bank of America offers credit card to a woman by calling her a 'slut'
You’ve got mail, and you’re also sexually promiscuous.
# return-to-sender - Wednesday 5 February, 2014
Australia has booted out almost 1,000 Irish nationals for overstaying their welcome
The figures for the last three years, shows that on average an Irish person is deported almost every day for visa breaches.
# return-to-sender - Tuesday 24 December, 2013
5 sporting Christmas cards that probably weren't sent this year
But would have made sense if they were.
# return-to-sender - Wednesday 2 October, 2013
IOC receives Lance Armstrong's Olympic medal
The return of the medal marks “the end of a sad chapter for the sport,” they say.
# return-to-sender - Friday 13 September, 2013
Lance Armstrong returns Olympic bronze medal
The disgraced former Tour legend has yet more room on his mantlepiece today.
# return-to-sender - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
So, a statement for Irish language mag ended up in Macau, China
A letter destined for Belfast ended up in Macau, China. Totally understandable.
# return-to-sender - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
These coffins might cheer you up
Show in London displays burial caskets which put a twist on the final departure.
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Poll: Would you ever go on a 'virtual date'?
LOVE IN THE time of coronavirus presents unique challenges.
As TheJournal.ie reported yesterday, social distancing guidelines means that conventional dates aren’t really feasible right now.
But that doesn’t mean people can’t still connect in other ways. Apps like Tinder and Bumble remain available and we have the technology available to have a date – of sorts – with someone over a video call.
Dating coach Frances Kelleher said she thinks this period could be “fantastic” for people looking to form deeper connections.
“You have to adapt and adjust to this situation – instead of asking people out for a coffee, ask them for a virtual coffee instead through Skype or WhatsApp or whatever,” she added.
So, what do you think? Would you ever go on a “virtual date”?
Poll Results:
No (4333)
Yes (2034)
Not sure (611)
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By TheJournal.ie reader
This week, our reader comes to terms with life in isolation on a small budget.
Opinion: Mental health and coronavirus: What lessons can Ireland learn from previous epidemics?
By John Farrelly
The Irish For: Although apart for now, when we reunite, it will be the stuff of poetry. Crisis survival tips from the Irish language
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
We look to language when seeking a reassuring symbol of endurance, Darach Ó Séaghdha writes.
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