Order for 210m envelopes sticks with some

THE Government’s green and technological credentials have taking a bit of a licking after it posted a massive order for 210 million envelopes.

The costly tender appears to signal an official reluctance to stamp out traditional snail mail for at least another three years despite the onslaught of the electronic age.

Although the Government Supplies Agency would not divulge the cost of the order — for commercially sensitivity reasons — the previous contract for envelopes cost taxpayers €1.3 million a year.