{"id":526160,"date":"2026-06-30T17:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/526160\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:12:08","slug":"an-post-puts-its-stamp-on-irelands-presidency-of-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/526160\/","title":{"rendered":"An Post puts its stamp on Ireland&#8217;s Presidency of the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stamp has been issued by An Post to mark Ireland&#8217;s Presidency of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;E&#8217; rate stamp, covering postage to the UK and Europe, is designed by Boyle Design, a Dublin-based studio.<\/p>\n<p>The stamp reflects the official logo of the presidency, featuring the spiral structure of the nebula, first identified in 1845 using the Great Telescope at Birr Castle in Co Offaly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The design is also inspired by Irish sculptural work, reflecting a connection with ancient Irish symbols, reinterpreted through a modern lens,&#8221; An Post said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A stamp launched by An Post to mark Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/00249d3c-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each individual arm of the spiral features 27 discs which symbolise the 27 EU Member States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The resulting space at the centre forms a five-point star, a symbol from the EU flag.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blue, green and orange symbolise both the Irish State and the European Union&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A Government statement said: &#8220;The whirling stars and 27 points, and the colour scheme, evoke both the EU and Ireland, and connect Europe to its shared past and its bright future&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The stamp will go on sale on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland will hold the rotating six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union &#8211; for the eighth time &#8211; from tomorrow until 31 December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stamp has been issued by An Post to mark Ireland&#8217;s Presidency of the European Union. The &#8216;E&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-526160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}