{"id":258370,"date":"2025-12-30T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/258370\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:08:10","slug":"an-post-confirm-day-of-no-service-and-when-post-offices-reopen-in-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/258370\/","title":{"rendered":"An Post confirm day of no service and when post offices reopen in the new year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the moment, normal postal services are taking place, with full national collections and deliveries taking place but there will be some changes over the coming days<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_An-Post-Postman-at-work-at-around-9am-in-Middle-Abbey-St-Dublin-Ireland.jpg\" alt=\"Postman at work at around 9am in Middle Abbey St, Dublin, Ireland.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Postman at work at around 9am in Middle Abbey St, Dublin, Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An Post have confirmed when normal <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/an-post\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">postal services <\/a>will resume after the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The national postal service has confirmed its delivery and retail schedule for the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/new-year\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">New Year period<\/a>, with customers are advised to take note of the key dates for deliveries and<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/news\/social-welfare-ireland-government-confirms-33039043\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"> Post Office branch hours.<\/a> At the moment, normal postal services are under way, with full national collections and deliveries taking place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, on New Year&#8217;s Day, Thursday January 1, there will be no deliveries. Any customers awaiting parcels are advised to use the An Post App to track their items, it\u2019s the quickest way to check on their status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Standard delivery services will resume following the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/christmas\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Christmas<\/a> bank holidays:<\/p>\n<p>Delivery Schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Standard delivery services will resume following the Christmas bank holidays:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Tuesday 30 &#8211; Wednesday 31 December: Full national delivery service in operation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Thursday 1 January (New Year\u2019s Day): No deliveries.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Friday 2 January: Full national delivery service commences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Post Offices across the country closed on Christmas Day and reopened on December 29. Post Offices will be closed for the New Year\u2019s break from Wednesday 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They reopen on January 2:<\/p>\n<p>Post Office Hours<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">All Post Offices nationwide will be closed from Christmas Day. The resumption of retail services is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Monday 29 &#8211; Tuesday 30 December: Post Offices reopen for full service.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Wednesday 31 December (New Year\u2019s Eve): Post Offices will be closed for the New Year\u2019s break.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Friday 2 January: Post Offices reopen for full service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An Post announced that after Christmas, Santa Claus has posted his replies to more than 130,000 children in Ireland who wrote to him. 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