Posting a letter from north to south....

[balladmaker]

I just found out yesterday that if I send a letter first class from the north to the republic, that it takes a minimum of 3 days to reach its destination, in most cases 4 or 5 days.

Apparently all first class mail goes automatically by airmail, so it is flown to the England, then onwards to Dublin, at which point it heads off by road.

I always thought they had a cross border mail link between the north and south, but according to the post office yesterday this no longer exists!

Talk about inefficiency!

[balladmaker]

apologies....move to non gaa section admin....

[Fiodoir Ard Mhacha]

The wans in the Post Office in Lurgan asked me to put airmail on a parcel to Dublin and pay an international rate.

Instead, I drove to Omeath, got a fill up of cheap petrol, did my lotto in Davey's and posted the thing from the village.