Search Results for 'Courier, Postal, Air Freight & Land-based Logistics (NEC)'

An Athlone woman who had to learn to walk and talk again following a devastating stroke, has graduated from university.

The regular use of the words ‘litir’ and ‘post’ in 15th century Irish manuscripts suggests that by that time a postal system was already in existence in Ireland. The English postal system was completely reformed by a man named Witherings in 1638 and he was then invited to do the same in Ireland. By the 1650s, mail was being carried by post boys who walked 16 to 18 miles a day between towns. It is believed the Galway Post Office was set up in 1653 when the Cromwellians were still here. In those early years, the local postmaster was expected to provide the premises, so every time a new postmaster was appointed, it meant a new main Post Office.

The retired members of the former Department of Posts & Telegraphs, An Post, Telecom Eireann, Eircom and Eir at Eglinton Street are holding the An Post/Eircom reunion in the Menlo Park Hotel on Friday May 19.

Pauline McLynn has spoken this week about how losing both of her parents to stroke inspired her to help drive greater awareness about its warning signs.

TV star Pauline McLynn has told how losing both of her parents to stroke inspired her to help drive greater awareness about its warning signs.

In conjunction with Athlone-based delivery company DPD Ireland, the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation, has launched an appeal for unwanted Lego pieces which can turn into funding for its vital in-home nursing care service.

An Post has announced the launch of its new ‘Pick Up’ service for Galway customers. The new service will enable customers who miss a delivery to pick their item up at their nearest Post Office.

Advertisements for consultants for the progression of the Kingston Master Plan will be placed in the coming weeks, it was confirmed this week.

Ninety years ago, on October 22, 1932, a Fox Moth plane piloted by Captain Armstrong took off from Oranmore carrying mails and two passengers, Peggy Kenny and Kitty Curran, thus starting the first Irish-Continental European air mail delivery and the first passenger service. The mails were handed to the pilot by the postmaster Mr C Lynch. Bad weather at Athlone meant they had to fly blind a few hundred feet above ground for some time. This ‘feeder’ part of the overall journey was sponsored by Galway Harbour Board to the tune of £80. The flight took 55 minutes, it took the ladies four hours to get home on the train.

Mike Fitzpatrick of Bullet Design is a constant innovator who has come up with a whole plethora of ideas, applications and designs over the decades. So in a sense, it was entirely appropriate that his latest one came up while he was enjoying a few leisurely pints in one of the city’s fine hostelries.