Eircode now launched!

Rabbo

So, Eircode has finally been launched this morning.

You can look up your shiny new Eircode here:
https://www.eircode.ie/

So do you think you'll start using yours straight away? There is no obligation with An Post to use the system yet.

I reckon it will take a few months but we'll eventually embrace it, like the smoking ban or water charges.

I've think I've forgotten my Eircode already.

strelok

the smoking ban, the water charges or jews being forced to wear the star of david


wake up sheeple

NomadicGray

That's pretty cool. Will be handy if couriers are going to use it as they can have trouble finding my house.

Pinch Flat

strelok wrote: »

the smoking ban, the water charges or jews being forced to wear the star of david


wake up sheeple

It would appear we are the last of the sheeple in the developed world to have a post code

_Brian

"Sorry there is no Eircode at this location"
Aparrently that's my Eircode, don't think I'll start using it for a while.

Wang King

Anyone else have an eircode of,
Sexymuthafcker1 ?

DivingDuck

To be fair, these seem to be more specific than in other countries.

The Eircode system links to a single specific address, rather than a group of addresses like in the UK, or a largeish area like in the US. In even the apartment buildings I've checked, each one has its own Eircode, so if you give out your Eircode, you have given them 100% of your address, which is not the case in other countries.

padraig.od

they have the wrong county for my address

Dymo

The website does seem nice and easy to navigate, its a shame the codes don't correspond with geolocation like the number plates.

The accuracy is going to be great for emergency services, except unless you don't know the exact code which is probable if reporting an accident.

I too have forgot mine already.

MrWalsh

DivingDuck wrote: »

To be fair, these seem to be more specific than in other countries.

The Eircode system links to a single specific address, rather than a group of addresses like in the UK, or a largeish area like in the US. In even the apartment buildings I've checked, each one has its own Eircode, so if you give out your Eircode, you have given them 100% of your address, which is not the case in other countries.

But unfortunately they appear to be randomised rather than sequential so if one digit is wrong or misread your parcel will end up miles away rather than a few doors away.

What's with the 15 searches per day limit? It'll take weeks to update my address book!

With all major delivery companies refusing to use them seems like it'll fall flat.

DivingDuck

MrWalsh wrote: »

But unfortunately they appear to be randomised rather than sequential so if one digit is wrong or misread your parcel will end up miles away rather than a few doors away.

What's with the 15 searches per day limit? It'll take weeks to update my address book!

With all major delivery companies refusing to use them seems like it'll fall flat.

I can see the logic of that, vaguely (keeping them "secure"-- although presumably your neighbour knows your address already, so it's not much use in that sense), but it will definitely cause problems with the kind of errors you mentioned.

It's a good idea in theory, but as with most things done on a grand scale in this country, the implementation could use some work.

darkpagandeath

Who got the contract ? Was it capita

Banjo String

Always loved the postcode system from the north , when I lived at home it was always handy when ordering stuff online. Just enter a postcode into the addresses section, then it auto completed the rest, only requiring you to provide horse number.

Ireland was well overdue such a system.

the groutch

far too randomised, comparing me and my neighbour's we don't even have the same letter in the 2nd half of the code.

gazzer

padraig.od wrote: »

they have the wrong county for my address

Same with me. Apparently my house is in Meath

vandriver

Banjo String wrote: »

Always loved the postcode system from the north , when I lived at home it was always handy when ordering stuff online. Just enter a postcode into the addresses section, then it auto completed the rest, only requiring you to provide horse number.

Ireland was well overdue such a system.

What if the horse moved to a different field?

DA7800

vandriver wrote: »

What if the horse moved to a different field?

Then said horse would obviously have to use a neighbouring postcode.

Mint Sauce

You would think the code would have some resemblance to the address, ie, all in Dublin beginning with D, or if too many, DN (Dublin North), DS (Dublin South), DL for Donegal, etc etc, bit like car number plates. But nothing in my code bears any resemblance to the county I live in.

Did a few serches for my estate, and whilst the first letter and couple of numbers were all the same, it did not narrow it down to anywhere in the country, unlike UK Postcodes, or US Zip Codes do, also making them more difficult to remember.

kneemos

Baaa I can't remember this!

Wang King

DA7800 wrote: »

Then said horse would obviously have to use a neighbouring postcode.

Jesus, not sure if kindergarten level, or genius!

the groutch

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Who got the contract?

probably a company owned by Denis O'Brien.

KAGY

Just checked mine and changed the 85 at the end to 95 just to see where i would end up. 17km away!
BTW if you click directions on the website on your phone it passes a latitude longitude pair to your mapping app.

testicle

NomadicGray wrote: »

That's pretty cool. Will be handy if couriers are going to use it as they can have trouble finding my house.

They'll still have trouble. It's completely useless to couriers... It's a shambles of a system!

darkpagandeath

testicle wrote: »

They'll still have trouble. It's completely useless to couriers... It's a shambles of a system!

how much has it cost ?

kneemos

testicle wrote: »

They'll still have trouble. It's completely useless to couriers... It's a shambles of a system!

Another mess brought to you by Ireland Inc.

Thank you for your custom.

Red Kev

I see how Dublin kept the basis of their codes (D04, D02 etc.) but they gave Cork a totally different letter to what would be logically acceptable, they have T instead of C.

Would have made more sense to have Galway, Waterford, Cork and a couple more of the bigger cities with their own letters.

Apart from that, I don't have an issue with it. I live in the country myself and giving directions to couriers etc. can be a pain.

Banjo String

vandriver wrote: »

What if the horse moved to a different field?

That scenario is a complete nonrunner.

vienne86

Well I live in D16 - that bit is fine, but the rest?????? Random digits? Mine and my neighbours have nothing in common.....so if you get one digit wrong, God knows where your post will end up.

The Cush

padraig.od wrote: »

they have the wrong county for my address

From the eircode thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96218866#post96218866

The address on the Eircode Notification Letter and on the Eircode Finder are postal addresses used by An Post for accurate mail delivery not geographic addresses. We used these addresses to ensure the correct Eircode was delivered to the correct address. Eircode is not changing addresses or telling people to use a different address.
You can use the address as you currently do and simply add the Eircode on a separate line below the county.
regards,

Eircode

murpho999

vienne86 wrote: »

Well I live in D16 - that bit is fine, but the rest?????? Random digits? Mine and my neighbours have nothing in common.....so if you get one digit wrong, God knows where your post will end up.

But why would you get one digit wrong?

al22

Why Eircode?
All world knows what is Postcode, but how many will understand what Eircode means?

Tram, train is clear. LUAS and DART - unknown words for most visitors or foreigners... Eirgrid and Eircode can means the same if one is not a local resident for years and never met these words before...

Jimoslimos

So..let me get this right.

They've introduced a random post code system for the whole country but the only place in Ireland where the initial letter/number makes any sense is Dublin - presumably to protect the discrepancies in property values between North and South

OU812

Apparently the "old" postcode is still there, eg Dublin 2, D02 C74X

mailforkev

Straight forward for my house, only need to remember the last four digits as it starts with the D18 I already knew.

However, the parents' address is Blackrock, which is Co. Dublin, not a number. Their Eircode starts with A94, that's not the most intuitive.

Mint Sauce

murpho999 wrote: »

But why would you get one digit wrong?

Easy done. Get a letter or number wrong on a London postcode, and it gets to you a day or two later.

murpho999

mailforkev wrote: »

Straight forward for my house, only need to remember the last four digits as it starts with the D18 I already knew.

However, the parents' address is Blackrock, which is Co. Dublin, not a number. Their Eircode starts with A94, that's not the most intuitive.

But in reality you won't have to remember it will you? You can still use the old address system and also save Eircode on computer/phone etc.

Roger_007

My Eircode contains the letter O, ............or is it the number 0. It's hard to tell?

_Kaiser_

It's another waste of taxpayers money is what it is.

Aside from the fact that Loc8 were offering them/us a ready to go system for free, as has been pointed out above it's far too random on one hand (neighbours having completely different codes) and yet far too specfic on the other (privacy concerns)

The fact that it's optional and doesn't change the rest of the address, coupled with rejection from the courier companies mean that this won't be used IMO. Most people (particularly those in Dublin who DO have postcodes already) will ignore it as the local postie has managed quite well till now without it, online companies will probably take a year or more to recognize it (if at all!), so the question is... who is this actually for?

mailforkev

Roger_007 wrote: »

My Eircode contains the letter O, ............or is it the number 0. It's hard to tell?

On my phone anyway, the font they use has a little dot in the centre of a zero.

_Kaiser_

al22 wrote: »

Why Eircode?
All world knows what is Postcode, but how many will understand what Eircode means?

Tram, train is clear. LUAS and DART - unknown words for most visitors or foreigners... Eirgrid and Eircode can means the same if one is not a local resident for years and never met these words before...

That's obvious... it's our Irish heritage don't you know!

Same reason why there's destination maps in Irish on the LUAS that mean nothing to 99% of paying customers, or why half the roadsigns are taken up with a language almost no-one uses or needs.

But it's our culture! :rolleyes:

biko

Site is device responsive, niiice

Special Circumstances

al22 wrote: »

Why Eircode?
All world knows what is Postcode, but how many will understand what Eircode means?

Tram, train is clear. LUAS and DART - unknown words for most visitors or foreigners... Eirgrid and Eircode can means the same if one is not a local resident for years and never met these words before...

Ubahn Sbahn...
When I go to a foreign country I want it to be different to home or I would have stayed at home. I'm prepared to allocate a few braincells to transport systems, police forces, food, postal services being a little different.

Although maybe San Francisco should get rid of the bart. .. shur we all thunk that's a cartoon character rather than a rail service..

The Cush

Roger_007 wrote: »

My Eircode contains the letter O, ............or is it the number 0. It's hard to tell?

The following letters/numbers will be used in the Eircode

A,C,D,E,F,H,K,N,P,R,T,V,W,X,Y / 0 - 9

no B, G, I, J, L, M, O, Q, S, U, Z

my3cents

Brilliant :rolleyes: Only in Ireland as the say!

According to our Postman we have a unique address, even have the house name written up on the gate. The area is quite specific as its a geographical feature and the name of the area is on the OSi maps.

But none of that is good enough for Eircode, according to them we never had a unique address and the area has changed and we now have an address that includes two townlands? ffs

But I at least I know now our Eircode.

Menas

Just checked my new Eircode. I like it - tis easy to remember too.

secman

The FAQ says addresses are not being changed .... just found out that mine has changed
.. swapped from one village to another one..that we never ever used ... house still in same place though ! In GAA circles this is a deal breaker for some people......And to further compound the FU they have spelled the incorrect village incorrecty. .. what a mess.. won't be using it.

Calibos

We've a house and business premises next door. Both have codes with the first 3 digits the same. Shouldn't be too hard to remember.

Roger_007

The Cush wrote: »

The following letters/numbers will be used in the Eircode

A,C,D,E,F,H,K,N,P,R,T,V,W,X,Y / 0 - 9

no B, G, I, J, L, M, O, Q, S, U, Z

I presume you got that information from the Eircode website. I, being stupid, must have missed it.

kneemos

Calibos wrote: »

We've a house and business premises next door. Both have codes with the first 3 digits the same. Shouldn't be too hard to remember.

You won't need to remember your own.

Special Circumstances

I'd say Joe will have his hands full with outrage on this one.

strelok

secman wrote: »

The FAQ says addresses are not being changed .... just found out that mine has changed
.. swapped from one village to another one..that we never ever used ... house still in same place though ! In GAA circles this is a deal breaker for some people......And to further compound the FU they have spelled the incorrect village incorrecty. .. what a mess.. won't be using it.

this might not be an eircode thing, 2-3 years ago i started getting letters/parcels delivered to this address with a snotty note from the post office sorting depot telling me I actually lived in athy and to start including it in my address