Mail delivery speed way off target

PLANS by An Post to improve speed of mail delivery are way off target with more than a quarter of standard postal items failing to reach their destination within one working day.

Just 74% of single piece priority mail i.e. standard correspondence was delivered within one working day throughout the State during the third quarter of 2005. An Post had set a target of 94%.

Further, there has been a 4% drop in service quality compared to An Post's second quarter performance.