An 84-year-old postmaster says he won’t take a severance package from An Post because closing his post office could sound the death knell for his rural community.

The Communications Minister Alex White has defended the new national postcode system as accurate, despite a number of complaints.

The Communications Minister Alex White will launch Ireland's first national postcode service today.

Officials have been defending the controversial new postcode plans before and Oireacthas Committee.

It's official - postcodes will be introduced in Ireland next year.