It looks like Eircode here to stay

I hope Eircode doesn’t mean the placenames fall out of use, writes Colm O’Regan

IT’S creeping in gradually. Its take-up is by no means universal or possibly even widespread but it is gradually increasing. I see it written, perhaps a little tentatively for now, after the name, perhaps the house number, the townland, the postal district, the nearby town: The Post Code.

And over time its use has gradually grown. I know it. For once I am basing observations not on a ‘feeling’ or ‘talking through my hoop’ but on actual data. I have a small online shop so I see lots of addresses. Don’t worry, I would never be so crass as to use this column as a vehicle for promoting my online shop. COUGH IRISH MAMMIES DOT IE COUGH. Sorry there must be a tickle in my throat.