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class="infobox-caption">Current logo since 14 December 2018</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprise" title="State-owned enterprise">State-owned</a> <a href="/wiki/Designated_activity_company" title="Designated activity company">designated activity company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Postal_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal services">Postal services</a>, <a href="/wiki/Courier" title="Courier">courier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Posts_and_Telegraphs" title="Minister for Posts and Telegraphs">Department of Posts and Telegraphs</a> (1924–1984)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1984</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/North_Wall_Quay" class="mw-redirect" title="North Wall Quay">North Wall Quay</a><br /> Dublin 1<br />Ireland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Ireland/<a href="/wiki/Globalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Globalisation">Worldwide</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">David McRedmond (CEO)<br />Carol Bolger (Chairperson)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>892 <a href="/wiki/1000000_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="1000000 (number)">million</a> (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-AP2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>41.9 <a href="/wiki/1000000_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="1000000 (number)">million</a> (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-AP2019_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>143 <a href="/wiki/1000000_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="1000000 (number)">million</a> (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-AP2019_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government of Ireland</a> (100%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">11,832 (2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Air Business (AddressPal)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.anpost.com/">anpost.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><span title="Irish-language text"><span lang="ga">An Post</span></span></b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Irish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ənˠ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈpˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]</a></span>; literally 'The Post') is the state-owned provider of <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">postal</a> services in <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>. An Post provides a "universal postal service" to all parts of the country as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a>. Services provided include <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">letter post</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parcel_post" title="Parcel post">parcel service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deposit_account" title="Deposit account">deposit accounts</a>, Express Post (an all-Ireland next-day delivery service), and <a href="/wiki/Express_mail" title="Express mail">EMS</a> (international express-mail service). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_an_post_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Old_an_post_logo.jpg/220px-Old_an_post_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Old_an_post_logo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="123" /></a><figcaption>An Post's previous logo used from 1 January 1984 to 13 December 2018</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_Post_Ireland.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/An_Post_Ireland.JPG/220px-An_Post_Ireland.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/An_Post_Ireland.JPG/330px-An_Post_Ireland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/An_Post_Ireland.JPG/440px-An_Post_Ireland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3150" data-file-height="1441" /></a><figcaption>An Post postal van</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Post_Office_Dublin_20060803.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/General_Post_Office_Dublin_20060803.jpg/220px-General_Post_Office_Dublin_20060803.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/General_Post_Office_Dublin_20060803.jpg/330px-General_Post_Office_Dublin_20060803.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/General_Post_Office_Dublin_20060803.jpg/440px-General_Post_Office_Dublin_20060803.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1444" data-file-height="1014" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office_(Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="General Post Office (Dublin)">General Post Office</a> in Dublin, former headquarters of An Post</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_lamp_box_erected_by_Anpost.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Irish_lamp_box_erected_by_Anpost.jpg/220px-Irish_lamp_box_erected_by_Anpost.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Irish_lamp_box_erected_by_Anpost.jpg/330px-Irish_lamp_box_erected_by_Anpost.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Irish_lamp_box_erected_by_Anpost.jpg/440px-Irish_lamp_box_erected_by_Anpost.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>A small An Post post box attached to a telephone or electricity pole, or street light, is usually called a <a href="/wiki/Lamp_box" title="Lamp box">lamp box</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kincasslagh_Post_office_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52747.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kincasslagh_Post_office_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52747.jpg/220px-Kincasslagh_Post_office_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52747.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kincasslagh_Post_office_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52747.jpg/330px-Kincasslagh_Post_office_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52747.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kincasslagh_Post_office_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52747.jpg/440px-Kincasslagh_Post_office_-_geograph.org.uk_-_52747.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="383" /></a><figcaption>Post office in <a href="/wiki/Kincasslagh" title="Kincasslagh">Kincasslagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>An Post, the Irish <a href="/wiki/Postal_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal administration">postal administration</a>, came into being in 1984 when, under the terms of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_and_Telecommunications_Services_Act_1983&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 (page does not exist)">Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Postal_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal service">Post Office services</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Posts_and_Telegraphs" title="Minister for Posts and Telegraphs">Department of Posts and Telegraphs</a> (P&T) were divided between An Post and <a href="/wiki/Telecom_%C3%89ireann" title="Telecom Éireann">Telecom Éireann</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">telecommunications</a> operator now called <a href="/wiki/Eircom" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircom">Eir</a>. At its inception, during the early years of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a>, the Department of Posts and Telegraphs was the country's largest department of state, and its employees (most of them postmen) constituted the largest sector of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_service_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil service of the Republic of Ireland">civil service</a>. </p><p>Prior to this, the Post Office in Ireland had been under the control of various Postmasters General, Irish and British, with the appointment of Evan Vaughan as postmaster in Dublin in 1638, generally accepted as the date for the establishment of a semi-formal postal system in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-Ferguson_2016_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ferguson_2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oliver Cromwell's Postal Act of 1657 created a combined <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a> for the three kingdoms of Ireland, Scotland, and England; the position was affirmed by Charles II and his parliament by the <a href="/wiki/Post_Office_Act_1660" class="mw-redirect" title="Post Office Act 1660">Post Office Act 1660</a> (<a href="/wiki/12_Cha._2" class="mw-redirect" title="12 Cha. 2">12 Cha. 2</a>. c. 35).<sup id="cite_ref-Ferguson_2016_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ferguson_2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2020, An Post remains one of Ireland's largest employers but it has undergone considerable downsizing. In 2020, Munster's only sorting centre in Little Island, Cork closed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The closure of individual branches in rural areas has become a significant political issue. In 2014, all parts of An Post made a profit for the first time in eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2018 there were approximately 1,100 An Post offices and over 100 postal agents across Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Irish government announced the introduction of a <a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">postcode</a> system, <a href="/wiki/Postal_addresses_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland#Eircode" title="Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland">Eircode</a>, in Ireland from 2008<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though An Post was against the system at the time, saying it was unnecessary.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The introduction of Eircodes took place on 13 July 2015, after almost a decade of delays.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All parcels arriving in Ireland pass through An Post's mail centre in <a href="/wiki/Portlaoise" title="Portlaoise">Portlaoise</a>, where customs officials are on duty to inspect them.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An Post adopted its current logo on 14 December 2018; it did not make its first appearance until 13 March 2019.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On branded signage, individual post offices are labelled <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Oifig an Phoist</i></span> or (in English) 'Post Office'.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 June 2023, An Post moved from its historic headquarters in the <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Dublin" title="General Post Office, Dublin">General Post Office</a> building on O'Connell Street in Dublin to new premises at <a href="/wiki/North_Wall_Quay" class="mw-redirect" title="North Wall Quay">North Wall Quay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsidiaries_and_joint_ventures">Subsidiaries and joint ventures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Subsidiaries and joint ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Post is involved in a number of <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> operations and also has several subsidiaries. It has complete ownership of some of these, while it is part-owner of others, such as the <a href="/wiki/An_Post_National_Lottery_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="An Post National Lottery Company">An Post National Lottery Company</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Prize_Bond_Company_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Prize Bond Company Limited">Prize Bond Company Limited</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="An_Post_National_Lottery_Company">An Post National Lottery Company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: An Post National Lottery Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Post held the licence granted by the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Finance_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Finance (Ireland)">Minister for Finance</a> to run the <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(Ireland)" title="National Lottery (Ireland)">National Lottery</a> through its subsidiary, An Post National Lottery Company until February 2014. All employees of An Post National Lottery Company were seconded from An Post, and as such were employed and paid by An Post rather than by the subsidiary. Since 2014, the National Lottery has been operated by Premier Lotteries Ireland, in which An Post is a stakeholder.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="An_Post_Transaction_Services">An Post Transaction Services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: An Post Transaction Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, An Post set up a new division to run its post office and transaction services business, entitled An Post Transaction Services or PostTS. It <a href="/wiki/Rebranding" title="Rebranding">rebranded</a> its post offices network as "Post Office" or "Oifig an Phoist" with a new, white-and-red logo, and introduced banking services in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Allied_Irish_Banks" title="Allied Irish Banks">Allied Irish Banks</a>. This followed the introduction of a service whereby newsagents could provide some Post Office services.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This service, entitled PostPoint and operated as subsidiary of An Post, was originally formed in 2000 to sell mobile phone top-ups over-the-counter to <a href="/wiki/Eircell" title="Eircell">Eircell</a> subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005 PostTS sold its foreign operations, and the rebranding effort largely reversed, with the traditional An Post logo restored to Post Offices.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Between 2005 and 2006, An Post sold its interest in the Post TS UK and An Post Transaction Services businesses to Alphyra, for a reported €59.3m.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geodirectory">Geodirectory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geodirectory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jointly established by An Post and <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_Ireland" title="Ordnance Survey Ireland">Ordnance Survey Ireland</a>, Geodirectory is a service that provides a database of buildings and addresses in <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>, as well as their <a href="/wiki/Irish_Geocodes" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Geocodes">geolocation</a> details.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It holds records for 2.2 million properties that receive post.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GeoDirectory assigns each property its own individual "fingerprint" – a unique, verified address in a standardised format, together with a geocode which identifies every property in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geodirectory also operates a <a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">mobile app</a> called GeoFindIT.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postbank">Postbank</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Postbank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 October 2006 An Post signed an agreement for the creation of a joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Fortis_(finance)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortis (finance)">Fortis</a> to provide financial services through the Post Office network. This joint venture with <a href="/wiki/BNP_Paribas" title="BNP Paribas">BNP Paribas</a> was created to offer financial products and services to the Irish market, including daily banking, <a href="/wiki/Savings_account" title="Savings account">savings products</a>, insurance, mortgages, and credit cards.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PostPoint and the company's insurance business, One Direct, was to become part of the new company, with access to the Post Office network.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2007 a press launch was held for the new bank, which is to be known as Postbank (legally <i>Postbank Ireland Limited</i>, to distinguish from other similarly named operations such as <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Postbank" title="Deutsche Postbank">Deutsche Postbank</a>). By February 2010, the closure of the Postbank unit had been announced, and the operation was wound down by the end of December 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some counter business for <a href="/wiki/Allied_Irish_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Irish Bank">AIB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Ireland" title="Bank of Ireland">Bank of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Bank" title="Ulster Bank">Ulster Bank</a> can also be conducted at post offices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postbus">Postbus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Postbus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 1984 and 2004 the company operated a <a href="/wiki/Postbus" title="Postbus">postbus</a> route linking <a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a> with parts of <a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">County Clare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-irish_independent_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irish_independent-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_licensing">Television licensing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Television licensing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Television licensing in the Republic of Ireland">Television licensing</a> is administered by An Post. It is responsible for the collection of revenue, inspection, and prosecution in cases of non-payment of the licence on behalf of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="An_Post_Mobile">An Post Mobile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: An Post Mobile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Post runs a mobile virtual network operator (<a href="/wiki/MVNO" class="mw-redirect" title="MVNO">MVNO</a>) using <a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Ireland" title="Vodafone Ireland">Vodafone</a>'s Irish network.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AddressPal">AddressPal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: AddressPal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, An Post launched AddressPal, a <a href="/wiki/Package_forwarding" title="Package forwarding">package forwarding</a> service, operating through its subsidiary Air Business in <a href="/wiki/St_Albans" title="St Albans">St Albans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service allows customers to shop from the UK and USA using a proxy address allowing items to be delivered to their home address in Ireland. </p><p>In October 2018, Air Business relocated to Hatfield Business Park in nearby <a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire" title="Hatfield, Hertfordshire">Hatfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Developments">Developments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_postcode_on_postcard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Irish_postcode_on_postcard.jpg/220px-Irish_postcode_on_postcard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Irish_postcode_on_postcard.jpg/330px-Irish_postcode_on_postcard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Irish_postcode_on_postcard.jpg/440px-Irish_postcode_on_postcard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1338" data-file-height="942" /></a><figcaption>Postcard sent from the United States to a home in Ireland. No addressee name, street address, or town was provided but the card was correctly delivered days later because each Irish address has a unique Eircode.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2009, An Post sponsored a postcard project, called "<a href="/wiki/C_Both_Sides" title="C Both Sides">C Both Sides</a>", which ran for a year, with the public being invited to create postcards on different themes.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Communications_Regulation" title="Commission for Communications Regulation">Commission for Communications Regulation</a> (ComReg) launched legal proceedings against An Post over the quality of its service. An Post said it was "puzzled" by the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2018, it was announced that all post offices serving communities of fewer than 500 people (excluding offshore islands) were to be closed.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, three of these 159 branches were "spared" closure following local campaigns at <a href="/wiki/Ballinskelligs" title="Ballinskelligs">Ballinskelligs</a> (Kerry), <a href="/wiki/Cliffoney" title="Cliffoney">Cliffoney</a> (Sligo), and <a href="/wiki/Ballycroy,_County_Mayo" title="Ballycroy, County Mayo">Ballycroy</a> (Mayo).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downpatrick_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Downpatrick_13.jpg/220px-Downpatrick_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Downpatrick_13.jpg/330px-Downpatrick_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Downpatrick_13.jpg/440px-Downpatrick_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Former An Post <a href="/wiki/Travelling_post_office" class="mw-redirect" title="Travelling post office">travelling post office</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Downpatrick_and_County_Down_Railway" title="Downpatrick and County Down Railway">Downpatrick and County Down Railway</a>. A similar TPO survives at Irish Rail's Inchicore Works.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/An_Post_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="An Post Museum">An Post Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications in Ireland">Communications in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Ireland" title="List of companies of Ireland">List of companies of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_Ireland" title="Postage stamps of Ireland">Postage stamps of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postal_addresses_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal addresses in Ireland">Postal addresses in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_postal_services#Europe" title="List of national postal services">List of national postal services#Europe</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In recent signage, "An Post" has been stylized in all-lowercase as "an post"; the 1984–2018 logo simply read "post", with a wavy <a href="/wiki/Cancellation_(mail)" title="Cancellation (mail)">cancellation</a>-mark icon to its left. "Oifig an Phoist" and "Post Office" have logos with the words run together but parts of them boldfaced, as "<b>Oifig</b>anPhoist" and "<b>Post</b>Office", respectively. "An Post" becomes "an Phoist" in the combined form due to <a href="/wiki/Lenition" title="Lenition">lenition</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a>. While "An Post" literally translates to 'The Post', and "Oifig an Phoist" to 'Office of the Post', those translations are not official names used by the organisation; "Post Office", however, is one. The longer names primarily refer to any of An Post's storefront locations, rather than to the legal entity, similar to American use of "U.S. Post Office" or simply "Post Office" for locations but "U. S. Postal Service" or "USPS" for the organisation.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Post&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AP2019-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AP2019_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AP2019_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AP2019_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.anpost.com/AnPost/media/PDFs/Annual%20Reports/An-Post-Annual-Report-2019.pdf">"An Post Annual Report 2019"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. An Post<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=An+Post+Annual+Report+2019&rft.pub=An+Post&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.anpost.com%2FAnPost%2Fmedia%2FPDFs%2FAnnual%2520Reports%2FAn-Post-Annual-Report-2019.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAn+Post" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ferguson_2016-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ferguson_2016_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ferguson_2016_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFerguson2016" class="citation book cs1">Ferguson, Stephen (2016). <i>The Post Office in Ireland: An Illustrated History</i>. 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