Sir, – I have been attempting to send a new year gift to a friend in rural Ireland for the last week. Apparently the company used by the online retailer refuses to use the Eircode provided and instead has attempted to telephone me.
On leaving an important meeting yesterday, I had several missed calls and a voicemail from a courier seeking directions to my friend’s home, but by the time I spoke with him he had left the area.
I pleaded with him to simply use the Eircode as I cannot always answer my mobile (nor should I be expected to) but it was in vain.
I have grown used to many quirks of Irish life but this is a new and very unwelcome one. – Yours, etc,
HEIKO GROSS,
Dublin 4.
Sir, – I can only agree with Gerard Bennett (January 11th) that Eircode was a huge waste of money. I was awaiting a package from Hong Kong. Using internet tracking I watched it make its way to Cork, from where it was quickly returned to Hong Kong. The reason An Post gave was that it could not tell where to deliver the package as the address was incomplete. I consulted the company with whom I had placed the order, and they had left a line out of the postal address. However, it did have my name and the Eircode right. I contacted An Post to ask why that could not have been used? The answer was that it did not have the technology to look up the Eircode. – Yours, etc,
MATTHEW LYONS,
Charleville, Co Cork.
Sir, – Perhaps a public information campaign on radio, television and in the newspapers might help the public adopt the Eircode system. – Yours, etc,
PAULA RYAN,
Arklow, Co Wicklow.