Minister for Posts and Telegraphs of Ireland

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Irish government cabinet position

The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs of Ireland was a former Irish government cabinet position responsible for overseeing postal services, telecommunications, and broadcasting before these functions were transferred to other departments and state bodies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs of Ireland canonical	1
Postmaster General of Ireland	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish government cabinet position ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Broadcasting in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ Defunct ministerial offices in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ Postal history of Ireland ⓘ Telecommunications in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
functionsTransferredTo	Department of Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ other Irish government departments ⓘ state bodies responsible for broadcasting ⓘ state bodies responsible for postal services ⓘ state bodies responsible for telecommunications ⓘ
hadAuthorityOver	licensing of radio services ⓘ licensing of television services ⓘ postal regulations ⓘ telecommunications regulations ⓘ
jurisdiction	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedBy	Taoiseach NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw	Department of Posts and Telegraphs NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Government of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
portfolioIncludes	postal administration ⓘ radio broadcasting policy ⓘ telegraph services ⓘ telephone services ⓘ television broadcasting policy ⓘ
replacedBy	Minister for Communications of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	broadcasting in Ireland ⓘ postal services in Ireland ⓘ telecommunications in Ireland ⓘ
seat	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct cabinet position ⓘ
supervised	broadcasting infrastructure ⓘ state postal network ⓘ telecommunications infrastructure ⓘ
usedToOversee	An Post (after its creation) via departmental responsibility ⓘ Telecom Éireann (after its creation) via departmental responsibility NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conor Cruise O'Brien → positionHeld → Minister for Posts and Telegraphs of Ireland ⓘ

William Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty → positionHeld → Minister for Posts and Telegraphs of Ireland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postmaster General of Ireland