Last week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin called on global powers to work together in a bid to de escalate the conflict in the Middle East.

Gardaí confirmed they are looking into the incident in the Dublin 12 area

Also intercepted at the State’s main parcel centre was more than 235 kilograms of drugs, over 125,000 tablets, and nearly 50,000 smuggled cigarettes

Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae has said that while the increase in the cost of a stamp is “an awful price”, it was necessary to maintain a five-day postal delivery service

Revenue maintains a database detailing items sent through the post which have been seized