Eircode now launched!

Rabbo · 2015-07-13 06:34:56

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…

13-07-2015 07:34AM

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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.

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#2 13-07-2015 07:36AM

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

wake up sheeple

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#3 13-07-2015 07:39AM

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

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#4 13-07-2015 07:41AM

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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

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#5 13-07-2015 07:46AM

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

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#6 13-07-2015 07:47AM

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Anyone else have an eircode of,
Sexymuthafcker1 ?

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#7 13-07-2015 07:50AM

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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.

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#8 13-07-2015 07:51AM

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they have the wrong county for my address

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#9 13-07-2015 07:52AM

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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.

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#10 13-07-2015 07:53AM

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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.

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#11 13-07-2015 08:01AM

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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.

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#12 13-07-2015 08:02AM

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Who got the contract ? Was it capita

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#13 13-07-2015 08:03AM

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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.

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#14 13-07-2015 08:05AM

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

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#15 13-07-2015 08:06AM

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padraig.od wrote: »

they have the wrong county for my address

Same with me. Apparently my house is in Meath

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#16 13-07-2015 08:10AM

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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?

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#17 13-07-2015 08:11AM

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vandriver wrote: »

What if the horse moved to a different field?

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

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#18 13-07-2015 08:17AM

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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.

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#19 13-07-2015 08:21AM

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Baaa I can't remember this!

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#20 13-07-2015 08:28AM

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DA7800 wrote: »

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

Jesus, not sure if kindergarten level, or genius!

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#21 13-07-2015 08:30AM

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darkpagandeath wrote: »

Who got the contract?

probably a company owned by Denis O'Brien.

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#22 13-07-2015 08:34AM

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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.

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#23 13-07-2015 08:34AM

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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!

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#24 13-07-2015 08:35AM

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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 ?

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#25 13-07-2015 08:36AM

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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.

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#26 13-07-2015 08:38AM

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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.

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#27 13-07-2015 08:40AM

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vandriver wrote: »

What if the horse moved to a different field?

That scenario is a complete nonrunner.

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#28 13-07-2015 08:46AM

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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.

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#29 13-07-2015 08:52AM

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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

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#30 13-07-2015 08:56AM

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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?

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#31 13-07-2015 08:58AM

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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...

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