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Thursday 26 November 2020
The postcode system, launched last July, cost some €38 million to implement.
A new report estimates that €38 million will be spent on the new Eircode system.
Quite a few people have been send two Eircodes, in the weeks since the new system’s launch.
“FECK will not be in there.”
They’re a-coming.
Change is good. Or is it?
This is an increase of 45% on the same period last year.
The EU says Ireland breached a directive in tendering for Eircode.
The office says that “in the Irish context, a person’s home address is an important part of their identity.
If you hit Flynn’s you’ve gone too far.
The new system will give each address, including individual apartments in one building, their own unique code.
Up the lane… NO, not THAT lane!
A consortium headed by Capita Ireland has won the tender to develop, implement and operate the new postcode system.
The postcode system is expected to be fully operational by September 2014.
Pat Rabbitte will be shooting the breeze with senators on the sustainability of the postal service and post offices around Ireland. Abortion is still up for debate in committees and will the financial regulator get some teeth?
Pat Rabbitte says he’s committed to postcodes and a final decision will be made “no later than the third quarter” of 2013.
Fire and ambulance personnel are being delayed from attending callouts, as addresses in some areas are so vague.
In today’s fix: Postcodes may be on the way, Ireland’s broadband is up to speed, fun in the sun, and the beach comes to Dublin Castle…
The Communications Regulation (Postal Service) Bill was passed last night – clearing the way for a postcode system.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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