[ILUG] postal codes in Ireland [slightly OT]

[CP Hennessy]

On Thursday 19 August 2010 10:45:46 Kevin Brennan wrote:
> I see that a commercial organisation (www.myloc8ion.com) are now 'taking
> over' what the government has failed to do - implement a post code
> service in Ireland. Isn't this a sad state of affairs ?
> 
> Perhaps there is room for an open alternative - after all isn't this
> just a glorified dns service.

There was a tender that went out a few months ago about this. I think that the 
favoured solution is a small area code rather than a postal route code. 

An Post do indeed have their own coding system all the way down the address 
model to a building id.

However post/address codes are not only interesting for delivery of your mail 
but also for defining your residence (or at least one of a block of 30 or 40). 
This is useful for :
- routing of emergency services
- planning purposes
- statistical purposes
 .. and many other non-postal purposes.

CPH