Christmas and Covid-19 driving 230% increase in parcels

An Post has also advised about the latest date for posting parcels and letters to Europe, the US, Canada, Asia, Australia and New Zealand

An Post’s ecommerce campus in Dublin will process three million parcels in the coming week, two million more than this week last year.

Level 5 restrictions, online retail offers and early Christmas shopping is driving a 230% increase in parcels, from 1 million to 3.3 million items compared to the same period last year.

That’s according to An Post who say they have been delivering 2.5 million parcels per week recently, with Ireland’s postal service provider expecting that number to increase to 3.3 million per week between now and mid-December.