 Newly issued Irish postage stamps are available from the Philatelic Bureau of An Post in the Dublin , General Post Office . Commemorative and special issue stamps are usually available for one year from the date of issue . Until the mid @-@ 1960s the Irish stamp @-@ issuing policy was very conservative , with only a few new ones each year ; up to four or five commemoratives , usually of two values , plus the occasional updated , or new , definitives . During the 1970s and beyond , the quantity produced rose considerably . 
