However, without radical change now, we face increasing uncertainty as to whether civil society in its current form will survive in our lifetimes. Barry Walsh, Blackrock, CorkAre An Post using monopoly profits? John Hearn’s letter — ‘An Post finances’ — is one of the best letters to a newspaper I’ve ever read. He eloquently hypothesises that An Post is making big profits on domestic letters and may be using this to subsidise other, unidentified, loss-making activities. We had the highest increase in votes of any party in the general election in 2024 when 100,000 people voted for Aontú.

Source: Irish Examiner February 13, 2026 01:19 UTC