Every address to get postcode by early 2015

Every address in the country will have a new seven character postcode by early 2015.

Online shoppers, businesses, delivery drivers, motorists and emergency services are among those to benefit from the introduction of the new easy-to-remember identifier in the format A65 B2CD with the first three digits relating to the postal district.

When the system goes live, Ireland will join other European countries, which have used postcodes for local areas for decades.