An Post profits - Customers must not be forgotten

On the day An Post returned a profit of €6.4 million, representing a huge turnaround of €45m, it would seem rather injudicious to engage in talk of further “head count reductions” to cut costs.

Yesterday’s annual report referred to such reductions and while these have not been formally mooted, An Post would ease costs through a further 1,000 job cuts.

Industrial relations are so rancorous at the company that unions would strongly resist any such move, and would point out the contribution their members have already made to the dramatic turnaround in An Post’s fortunes.