‘Limited scope’ for An Post increases

The postal regulator is to warn An Post that there is limited scope for any further significant price increases over coming years, despite the company’s ongoing financial problems.

ComReg has expressed concern that significant price increases in postal charges, sanctioned earlier this year, “seem unlikely to have ensured the continuing survival of An Post.”

It follows the decision to permit An Post to raise the cost of posting a standard letter from 72c to €1 in April, after the company issued a warning it might not be able to provide a national postal service unless a price cap was increased.