A company that formed part of the consortium that introduced Eircode has denied that a new delivery code it has offered the courier industry is an alternative to the controversial postcode system.

Trucking and courier companies want direct access to the national driver licence database to check for drivers who may not have disclosed medical conditions to their employers.

A truck driver had a narrow escape last week after two youths threw a bucket of paint onto his windscreen from a pedestrian overpass near a Cork town last week.

Irish freight operators have been warned to be on their guard as migrants move out of the so-called ‘jungle camp’ in Calais and try to get out of France via other ports.

The Department of Communications has been accused of making “misleading and untrue” assertions in relation to Eircode by a body representing the freight industry.

The Department of Environment has confirmed it is looking at “urgent legislative change” following a recent court decision that has changed the amount hauliers are liable to pay to tax their vehicles.

Motor tax on commercial vehicles is to be slashed — with tax on the largest vehicles cut from €5,195 to €900.

THE migrant crisis in the port of Calais is about to explode again as ferry workers there resume their strike after the end of la crise, the traditional month-long summer holiday in France.

Representatives of Irish hauliers will meet Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe next week to seek his help in demanding the French government compensate them for disruption caused by the French ferry workers strike in Calais.

The trade body representing Ireland’s freight transport operators has called on the Government to seek compensation from French counterparts for the losses members are suffering due to continuing disruption in Calais.

Eircode has cost the country €27m, and the problems that have come to light in the three days since its launch confirm detractors’ long-held fears, writes Joe Leogue

The company behind Eircode expects the postcode to be widely used within two years, despite the teething problems that plagued the system on launch day and sustained criticism from courier companies.

The trade body representing freight transport and courier companies has filed a formal complaint to the European Commission, claiming that the State’s new postcode amounts to unfair state aid for An Post.

Senior civil servants have been accused of “peddling falsehoods” to an Oireachtas committee in order to promote the controversial design of the nation’s new postcode.

The European Commission has described Ireland’s response to its findings on the flawed Eircode tendering process as “unclear” and “not satisfactory”.

Plans to introduce a postcode system this year have created more questions than

A group representing freight and courier firms has claimed a design report for Eircode shows the national postcode project has been structured to meet the requirements of An Post, "to the exclusion of its competitors".

The Ombudsman has said it is precluded from investigating a complaint by the body representing the freight industry over the country’s new postcode.

The Ombudsman has declined to investigate a complaint by the body representing the freight industry over the country’s new postcode system.

The trade association representing the freight and logistics industry has confirmed that it will file a complaint with the Ombudsman over the country’s new postcode system.

The chief executive of Ireland’s largest independent parcel delivery company has declared his support for the controversial new postcode system due to be introduced next year.

A group representing the freight and delivery industry has threatened to refer its concerns surrounding Eircode to the ombudsman unless the Government agrees to submit the new €27m postcode system to independent scrutiny to confirm it is proficient fit for purpose.

The controversial €27m postcode system, due to be introduced next year, has been described by officials in the Department of Communications as a "world-beating" solution to Ireland’s address problems.

The State is facing the embarrassment of spending millions on a postcode system that is going nowhere, writes Joe Leogue

The introduction of Ireland’s new postcode service will be as problematic as Irish Water, some of the country’s biggest transport delivery firms confirmed.