Ireland's biggest independent postal company is promising hundreds of jobs as it launches a new pick-up service.

AN POST has lost its exclusive right to deliver postcards and small letters after a law was signed to remove the last traces of the company’s monopoly on the country’s postal services.

INDEPENDENT postal services company, CityPOST has announced its third major expansion initiative in the space of a month, with its acquisition of the Cork-based company Document Express Postal Service (DEPS) for an undisclosed sum.

CityPOST has announced the purchase of Cork-based postal service provider Document Express Postal Service (DEPS).

Dublin: CityPOST, an independent postal services company and An Post rival, has announced its acquisition of direct mail distribution company Publicity Mailing.