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Twenty bags of undelivered post dating back nearly two years have been found intact after concerns were raised about undelivered letters.

The haul included letters for medical appointments, tickets to events, passports and cards containing cash and gifts.

It is understood that between 7,000 and 8,000 individual items of post were undelivered and found during a search at a location in Dundalk, Co Louth.

However it is also understood that nothing had been taken from the post and it was, as such, intact.

A garda spokesman in Dundalk confirmed that an investigation is in its early stages and no one has been arrested.

One person is understood to have been suspended by An Post which is carrying out its own internal enquiry.

The delayed post is now being delivered with a letter of explanation and apology from An Post accompanying it.

In a statement An Post said it “regrets to confirm that a serious matter has come to light in Dundalk.

“An amount of mail was recently found at a location in the greater Dundalk area and the circumstances of the find are currently subject to an investigation by An Post and the Gardai.”

“ Following initial examination at the scene by Gardai, the mail in question was returned to An Post. It is now being delivered, together with an explanatory note which apologises for the inconvenience caused by the delay.”

“Given the ongoing investigation, we are not in a position to comment any further at this time,” the statement concluded.