Eircode doesn’t even have an Eircode itself

I was thrilled to get my new and long-awaited Eircode in the post this morning. No more problems sending coordinates to my far flung friends and relatives to feed into their sat-navs.

All they had to do now was enter a seven-digit code number, and Bob’s your uncle. Or he would be if my sat-nav accepted the code number.

Notwithstanding that blip, I wanted to immediately send a “thank you“ card to this company for bringing us out of the dark ages - but wait!

There is no address, no contact details except for an 0818 telephone number, nothing except the rather arcane “Eircode Team”.

All I could find was a PO Box number in Kilrush, Co. Clare, in case of non-delivery. And horror of horrors, there is no Eircode on the Eircode Kilrush address.

How is the postman going to find the right PO box, unless he happens to bump into a local who knows where the office is? Nah, that would never work, would it?

And only now have I noticed that I don’t have to use an Eircode when writing my address.

So it cost €27 million to tell me I don’t have to use it if I don’t want to?

Thomas Noone

Sarsfield Street

Thurles

Co. Tipperary