Regulator shelves An Post’s €10m letterbox plan

AN POST’S €10 million plan to supply half a million roadside letterboxes for private households has been spiked by the communications regulator.

The company’s proposed radical changes to the way it delivers letters were aimed at saving €20m a year.

But the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) said there was no obligation on the consumer to accept such a proposal, nor could An Post force people to use letterboxes some distance from their homes.