Food parcels for school children dumped at An Post depots

An Post claims companies trying to force it to make free deliveries

Thousands of food parcels due to be sent to disadvantaged children have been abandoned at An Post depots in what it describes as an attempt by profitable companies to get it to take on huge volumes of deliveries for free.

An Post previously agreed to assist with the efforts to get food parcels to disadvantaged students when they cannot be delivered by any other means. It is understood that the free service was only to be used in certain, limited cases.