If you visited Ireland prior to July 2015 , you will know that finding a specific Irish address was difficult. Why? Mainly because one third of Irish addresses were not unique – they had no property name or number.
You can imagine the costs in terms of non-delivery, delayed delivery and delivery fraud. Organisations and people sending mail and parcels were entirely reliant on the local knowledge of the postie.
In addition, insurance and financial institutions had been unable to specifically identify an address, exposing themselves to expensive property risks.
Using the form below, enter an Eircode or start typing an Irish address to see the address returned. An example Eircode is D22 A298.
Every single one of the 2.2 million letterbox addresses in Ireland has its own unique Eircode. The Eircode has now been appended to government data where 47 million different versions of Irish addresses have each been resolved and appended with the correct Eircode.
Just like the UK postcode, initial take-up of the Ireland Eircode has been slow. However, the rate of use is rising and two 30 second TV advertising campaigns are helping to drive take-up by making it clear just how much citizens have to gain by using it. You can watch the advert here: https://youtu.be/stF77vmLT3o
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