Tag: Republic of Ireland

THE country is facing complete shutdown of post offices and postal delivery services from the beginning of next month after Communications Workers’ Union members voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.
Of the 7,479 members who voted, almost 90pc supported the proposal for industrial action against An Post. The union has served An Post with two weeks’ notice.
The CWU said in a statement last night it regretted such action was necessary to prompt inclusive and substantive dialogue with company management.

An Post has launched it PostPoint service that allows users to access electronic-based payment and postal services in the local convenience store
Over (Lisbon: CAIP.IN – news) the past 18 months An Post has deployed electronic payment terminals in almost 3,000 shops nationwide.
PostPoint, a fully-branded outlet-based delivery channel, builds on this network to offer consumers a range of payment facilities and postal services.
Through this national network of sho- based locations, in partnership with community-based retailers, PostPoint will deliver a growing range of services.
The PostPoint terminal can handle online, barcode, smartcard and magnetic swipe based transactions.