An Post\'s annual report shows it collected 1.4million in TV licences for 2020 a drop of 57,000 licences sold in 2019. The report goes on to say \

The An Post Irish Book Awards announced their nominations for 2020 today (10 October 2020). The five nominees for the Eason Novel of the Year are, Actress by Anne Enright, The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes, Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan, As You Were by Elaine Feeney , The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue and Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. Jornalist Keelin Shanley is posthumously nominated twice for the Ireland AM Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year and for RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners\' Choice Award for her memoir A Light that Never Goes Out. RTÉ ONE will broadcast a new show focusing on the winner of the overall \

An Post (The Irish National Postal Service) has increase the price of a postage stamp to €1.10 from €1, the last increase was in 2017 when it raised the price of the stamp from 72c. This is a 10% increase in the cost of sending a letter via the postal service in Ireland, while posting international will increase from €1.70 to €1.80. An Post suggest this is to help invest in future services.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Mr Denis Naughten TD, has recently appointed two new directors, Ms Carol Bolger and Ms Deirdre Burns, to the Board of An Post and four new directors, Mr John Trethowan, Ms Lynne Crowther, Ms Theresa Donaldson and Ms Eileen Maher to the Board of EirGrid.