More postboxes for Northern Ireland

Royal Mail has announced that it will be installing 280 new postboxes in Northern Ireland, in the first phase of its initiative to boost public access to its services across the UK. The new postboxes will be installed by spring 2017 and complement the current network of around 115,300 across the UK.

In a notice posted on the myroyalmail website yesterday (7 February), Paul Sweeney, the general manager for Northern Ireland, said: “Access to postboxes is very important to our customers in Northern Ireland.

“This programme underlines our commitment to them and the Universal Service. The new boxes will benefit rural areas, which have not previously been served postboxes.

“We are also installing boxes in urban areas in response to changes in population and in new housing developments throughout the UK.”