Editing An Post (section)

==Developments==
[[Image:Irish postcode on postcard.jpg|thumb|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.]]
In 2009, An Post sponsored a postcard project, called "[[C&nbsp;Both Sides]]", which ran for a year, with the public being invited to create postcards on different themes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/0328/1206144805872.html |title=Fri, Mar 28, 2008 – Wishing they were here to stay |publisher=The Irish Times |date=3 March 2008 |access-date=6 October 2010 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022061646/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/0328/1206144805872.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In February 2012, the [[Commission for Communications Regulation]] (ComReg) launched legal proceedings against An Post over the quality of its service. An Post said it was "puzzled" by the decision.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0209/anpost.html |title=ComReg in legal action over An Post service |work=RTÉ News |date=9 February 2012 |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>

In August 2018, it was announced that all post offices serving communities of fewer than 500 people (excluding offshore islands) were to be closed.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/an-post-publishes-locations-of-159-post-offices-set-to-close-1.3610543 | publisher = Irish Times | title = An Post publishes locations of 159 post offices set to close}}</ref> However, three of these 159 branches were "spared" closure following local campaigns at [[Ballinskelligs]] (Kerry), [[Cliffoney]] (Sligo), and [[Ballycroy, County Mayo|Ballycroy]] (Mayo).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/review-saves-three-rural-post-offices-vxkg0dlj7 | work = [[The Times]] | title = Review saves three rural post offices | date  = 20 October 2018 | quote = Three out of 159 post offices earmarked for closure have been spared }}</ref>