Eircode encounters initial problems but promises long-term benefits for rural residents. Over 2.2 million households and businesses will receive notification of their new postcode, following the launch of the €27 million Eircode system on Monday. The postcodes, which are being distributed this week and next will give a unique seven-digit code to each household nationwide, making it easier to locate and identify non-unique addresses.
Launching the system, Minister for Communications Alex White TD said, “A wide range of services will be delivered more efficiently while reducing costs.” Most importantly for rural residents, the Minister highlighted that “emergency services will be able to find the correct address more quickly, particularly in rural areas.”
Furthermore, as 35% of households in Ireland share their address – especially on country roads without specific house numbers – it means better delivery of post and easier identification of houses. Ordering online will also be simpler as postcodes are required by many international websites. As Ireland is the last country within Europe to introduce postcodes, it is now considered not just beneficial but necessary.
Over 80,000 people accessed Eircode’s website within the first three hours of the launch. However, there were complaints almost immediately as the addresses for many homes and businesses were incorrect. ShannonAirport, for example, appears to have an address in Limerick rather than Clare, while the townland of Farranfore is found to be in Killarney, although there are 16km separating the two towns.
Minister White assured: “There will be no change whatsoever to anybody’s address.” The Minister’s office further clarified to the Irish Farmers Journal that many addresses are presented in a way that includes the main hub through which a recipient’s post is routed, but addresses will stay the same as before.
Members of the public will receive notification of their new postcode by post, but to access your postcode immediately, log onto www.eircode.ie
(Source – Irish Farmers Journal – Ciara Leahy – 13/07/2015)
Your Address Now Has An Eircode – Check Out The Link For Your Unique Eircode
Every address in Donegal is getting an eircode.
Ireland’s new postcode system, is now up and running.
Eircode enables people and businesses to find every address in Ireland, helping you to find life easier.
Over 35% of addresses in Ireland share their address with at least one other property, making it difficult for those delivering goods and services to accurately identify the location of an address. Eircode has been designed specifically to overcome this problem.The new code will also help the emergency services.
A unique Eircode will be assigned to each residential and business address.
Having an Eircode, will remove the hassle and mistakes out of finding addresses in Ireland.
Go to this link and key in your address.
For example, Donegal Co. Council’s headquarters is in The Diamond, Lifford. A search on the eircode website shows that the eircode for this address is F93 Y622.
(Source – Donegal Now – 13/07/2015)