Officials ‘peddling untruths’ over new postcode

Senior civil servants have been accused of “peddling falsehoods” to an Oireachtas committee in order to promote the controversial design of the nation’s new postcode.

The Freight Transport Association of Ireland has this week written to Communications Minister Alex White accusing him of “ignoring” stakeholders who have expressed concern about Eircode, which is due to be launched this summer.

FTAI members including DHL, FedEX, and UPS have all told the committee they will not use the randomised postcode, and that they favour a structured design as used in Britain.