Eircode could become next Irish Water

The State is facing the embarrassment of spending millions on a postcode system that is going nowhere, writes Joe Leogue

Next week, officials from the Department of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources will do their best to ensure that their long-proposed postcode project avoids the most ignominious label in public service: “another Irish Water”.

That is the charge laid at Eircode following damning submissions from the freight industry at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications last week, where members were told the postcode system is useless for delivery companies and costly for small and medium businesses.