‘Eircodes’ are being dispatched to all homes and businesses in Louth today as the new national postcode system swings into gear.
Letters will be sent to every residential and business address in the county today, informing them of the new Eircode for that specific address.
Homes and businesses across Ireland are being notified of their Eircode over a two-week period. Premises in both Dundalk and Drogheda are being targeted today.
Fresh data shows that 23% of premises in Dundalk and 16% in Drogheda currently share their address with 1 or more properties. This causes all sorts of problems for postal services, businesses and ambulance services when they are trying to locate local addresses.
Eircode rectifies this problem by allocating every premises with their own unique code, removing the potential for error.
From now on, emergency services will be able to find the correct address more quickly, businesses can deliver goods and services more efficiently, while members of the public can shop easier online. It’ll also give people that extra bit of confidence that their mail now goes to the correct recipient.
I’d urge people in Louth to look out for their letter advising them of their seven digit, easy-to-remember code that you simply add to the end of your address.
In the meantime, if people want to log onto eircode.ie there is an online tool available where they can find out their Eircode now.
The delivery of a modern, efficient postcode system is something which has been promised by successive Governments over the past decade - I am pleased that we have delivered it.
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