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Crisps, teabags and Irish mammies: all in a day’s work at the GPO

Video: Christmas is a busy time for Andy Kavanagh at the GPO’s parcel counter

Andy Kavanagh (second from left) with his colleagues at the parcel counter of the GPO in Dublin.

Fri Dec 19 2014 - 09:17

It’s a time of year when Irish people living abroad yearn for a taste of home. So, what are ‘Irish Mammies’ posting overseas this Christmas?

Andy Kavanagh works for An Post at the parcel counter of the GPO. Irish Times videographer Bryan O’Brien went to visit him this week to find out about the parcels of teabags, crisps, chocolate and other goodies which keep him and his colleagues so busy in the run up to Christmas.

Andy Kavanagh works for An Post at the parcel counter of the GPO. Christmas is a busy time for him and not least because of the large number of 'Irish Mammies’ posting teabags, crisps and chocolate abroad. Video: Bryan O'Brien

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