Irish post better results

An Post, the Irish postal operator, has seen a 5% improvement in its next-day delivery service during the summer months. A total of 85% of mail posted during the July to September period was delivered on the next working day, according to ComReg’s quality of service monitor results.

“This represents a 5% improvement on the same quarter last year and consolidates the sustained progress achieved on service improvement over the last three years”, An Post chief executive, Donal Connell said.

“We are fully committed to achieving the 94% next-day delivery target,” he added.

The improvement has been achieved in parallel with major work changes successfully implemented by staff across An Post’s collection, delivery and processing operations nationwide. An Post handles more than 3m items of mail every working day and volumes will more than double during the lead-up to Christmas.