The Tech Rundown: Amazon preps its postal takeover. Post Office Ireland need to consider this … too many post offices were closed as Amazon liaison provided them with profits

Posted on December 7, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
Amazon preps its postal takeover
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The Rundown: Amazon is reportedly weighing a breakup with the USPS, exploring plans to yank the billions of packages it routes through the postal service and rely solely on its own delivery empire as early as next year.
The details:
Amazon is considering ending its long-running delivery contract with the U.S. Postal Service and shifting those volumes into its internal logistics network.Discussions hinge on what happens after the current deal expires in Oct. 2026, potentially unwinding a partnership that helped transform USPS into an e-commerce workhorse.Amazon has already built a massive in-house delivery arm, including planes, Rivian vans, and drones, and is evaluating whether it can fully cover USPS’s role.Under the current agreement, Amazon accounts for roughly 7.5% of USPS’s revenue in 2025.
Why it matters: If Amazon pulls the plug, USPS could lose billions in revenue at a moment when it faces privatization pressure. The loss could degrade mail service nationwide while transforming Amazon from retail giant into a dominant parcel logistics backbone, reshaping how millions of Americans receive packages.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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