Hi-tech postcode system considered

MODERN technology such as internet mapping, Google maps and iPhones should be part and parcel of the proposed postcode system, an Oireachtas Committee believes.

Ireland is the only country in the EU that does not have postcodes, but if it is done correctly our system could be streets ahead of any other, Deputy Liz McManus, the report’s author, said.

“In our view, as Ireland is the last country in the EU to adopt postcodes we should aim to be the best in terms of delivery,” she said.