An Post
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| State-owned limited company | |
| Industry | Postal services, courier |
| Predecessor | Department of Posts and Telegraphs (1924-1984) |
| Founded | 1 January 1984 |
| Headquarters | General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, D01 NX45, Republic of Ireland |
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Area served
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Ireland/Worldwide |
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Key people
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David McRedmond (CEO) Dermot Divilly (Chairman) |
| Revenue |
 €826.1 million (2015) |
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€21 million (2015) |
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| Owner | Government of Ireland (100%) |
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Number of employees
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9,862 (2015) |
| Website | anpost.ie |
An Post (Irish pronunciation: [ən̪ˠ pˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]; English literal translation: "The Post") is the state-owned provider of postal services in Republic of Ireland. An Post provides a "universal postal service" to all parts of the country as a member of the Universal Postal Union. Services provided include, letter post, parcel service, deposit accounts, Swiftpost, an all-Ireland next-day delivery service, and EMS, the international express-mail service.
An Post, the Irish postal administration, came into being in 1984 when, under the terms of the Postal & Telecommunications Services Act of 1983, the postal services of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs (P&T) were divided between An Post and Telecom Éireann, the telecommunications operator now called Eir. At its inception, during the early years of the Irish Free State, 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 civil service. Prior to this the postal service in Ireland had been under the control of the General Post Office that was established in 1660.
Today An Post remains one of Ireland's largest employers but it has undergone considerable downsizing. In 2014, all parts of An Post made a profit for the first time in 8 years. There are currently approximately 1,100 An Post offices and 121 postal agents across the Republic of Ireland.
The Irish government announced the introduction of a postcode system in Ireland from 2008 though An Post was against the system, saying it is unnecessary. The introduction of the postcode system took place on 13 July 2015, after almost a decade of delays.
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