Discovering Ireland 2020

Newspapers Ireland has an assortment of daily national and weekly local newspapers and tabloids to read from. The national papers can be divided into two camps, the tabloids and the broadsheets. The tabloids, also called “red tops”, are daily newspapers high on sensationalism and entertainment news, including The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Herald, and Daily Star. Conversely, “broadsheets” are more serious newspapers and tend to have a political allegiance. Broadsheets include Times, Independent, Guardian.

Postal Service Known in Ireland as “ An Post ”, English literal translation The Post is the state-owned provider of postal services in the Republic of Ireland. The Irish postal service provides a universal postal service to all parts of the country as a member of the Universal Postal Union. Services provided include, letter post, parcel service, deposit accounts, 'Express Post', an all-Ireland next-day delivery service.

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