Sir, – Stephen Breen (January 7th) refers to the question of postcodes and asks whether 2013 will finally be the year that we get a house-specific postcode to aid sorting by An Post, as well as benefiting the emergency services, delivery companies and taxis. In fact, Ireland has a much superior digital address code system designed for use with modern location-based technologies, which is accurate to within 6m (18ft).
The Loc8 codes have been available since early 2011. Because of their accuracy they are in fact better than house-specific and will even distinguish between several entrances to a property! – Yours, etc,