Sir, – What is all this about postal codes (“Living by numbers: how Eircode system pinpoints your address”, October 27th)? For years, a useless monthly newsletter arrived at the RTÉ newsroom in Montrose addressed to Mr Henry Street, Dublin l. Henry Street was, of course, the old Radio Éireann address, at the side of the GPO. The missive, whatever it was, went straight into the wastepaper bin. – Yours, etc,
JOHN HOWARD,
Blackrock, Co Dublin.
Sir, – Postal codes? Well, it’s fun to be modern. Though most unwelcome correspondents – mostly official, pursuing blind alleys – have seemed able to find me with my four-line address without difficulty for the past 35 years. Presently I am being pursued – by post – for a television licence, though I have no television, and if I had – at 75 – would not be liable for same. I look forward to a post-coded demand for water charges, though how they will meter my stream, I am not sure. This is my adopted country, and I love its people. But its bureaucracy is something else. – Yours, etc,
HENRY van RAAT,
Beara, Cork.