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The Post offering permanent addresses to homeless.

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  • 15-03-2019 7:38am
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    kneemos
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    Excellent idea. Also read they made a forty million Euro profit last year,mainly from parcels.

    At least one semi state company with a pulse.

    TheJournal.ie: An Post to offer homeless people addresses at post offices to avail of services.
    https://www.thejournal.ie/an-post-homeless-address-4541437-Mar2019/


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    Realtai
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    Glad to see this is happening. It's about bloody time!!!


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    pleas advice
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    Surely hotels accept post...?


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    tritium
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    Brilliant idea, kudos to them. Anything that makes it easier to get back on your feet when down is welcome


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    kneemos
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    pleas advice wrote: »
    Surely hotels accept post...?

    Hotels are temporary,in theory at least.

    A permanent address would be a Godsend until they get housed I'd imagine.


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    Airyfairy12
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    Why wasnt something like this done years ago?


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    Your Face
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    Airyfairy12 wrote: »
    Why wasnt something like this done years ago?

    It wasn't so topical an issue back then.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Just shows there's always room for a new good idea- must say I've been impressed with An Post's delivery approach for parcels from abroad recently- text message, tracking, option to change delivery address or day when close to delivery- hope they can reinvent themselves before they're all closed down but a good start, and I for one would feel fine about subsidising them simply to support rural communities and the marginalised


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    Force Carrier
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    Hopefully it works out.
    A lot depends on other agencies accepting An Post Addresses.
    Someone mentioned hotels above. Often temporary addresses like that and Hostel addresses are not accepted.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,408 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Just shows there's always room for a new good idea- must say I've been impressed with An Post's delivery approach for parcels from abroad recently- text message, tracking, option to change delivery address or day when close to delivery- hope they can reinvent themselves before they're all closed down but a good start, and I for one would feel fine about subsidising them simply to support rural communities and the marginalised


    Made forty million last year. The closures are becoming hard to justify.


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    [Deleted User]
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Made forty million last year. The closures are becoming hard to justify.

    Personally I believe we have to keep our rural communities alive- Post-Offices are hubs- they're there right now. It shouldn't take much to reinvent them, expand their services, and keep them going. It's not always about the money either. It's about local jobs too. I really believe technology can help these hubs and outlets, not destroy them. And until we fully figure it all out, I'm happy for my tax to help support them.


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