Ireland set to have postcodes
Howard Lake | 22 May 2005 | News
The Republic of Ireland will have postcodes from 1 January 2008 following an announcement from Noel Dempsey, Minister for Communications, Marine and National Resources. Ireland is one of the few developed countries with no postcode system and around 40% of addresses are not unique.
Mail volumes in the Republic of Ireland are significantly lower than elsewhere in Europe. For every Irish person in 2002, 196 items of mail were sent while in Britain the figure was 354 items and 372 in Finland.
New post codes are seen as having greatest potential for bulk mailings. Some 45% of the mail sent in Ireland is posted as bulk whereas in Holland the level reaches 78%.
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Minister Dempsey said a new system would improve the quality of postal services. Many charities in Ireland use direct mail as part of their fundraising strategy and as with commercial bodies they have a high number of returns due to insufficient address details.
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