Eircode system
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The Eircode system is Ireland’s national postcode system, assigning unique seven-character codes to individual addresses to improve mail delivery and location services.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eircode | 1 |
| Eircode Address Database | 1 |
| Eircode system canonical | 1 |
| Irish national postcode system | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national addressing system
ⓘ
postcode system ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Eircode ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| assignsTo |
individual addresses
ⓘ
letterboxes ⓘ |
| availableVia |
API services
ⓘ
online Eircode finder ⓘ |
| characterSet | letters and digits ⓘ |
| codeLength | 7 characters ⓘ |
| codeStructure | three-character routing key followed by four-character unique identifier ⓘ |
| controversy |
criticised for cost of implementation
ⓘ
criticised for design not being fully open ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| covers |
business addresses
ⓘ
many non-postal delivery points ⓘ public buildings ⓘ residential addresses ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
Eircode system
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eircode Address Database
Eircode ⓘ
surface form:
Eircode Address File
|
| designFeature |
allows identification of individual apartments within a building
ⓘ
routing key broadly indicates a postal district or area ⓘ supports geocoding to latitude and longitude ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
codes are fixed to addresses
ⓘ
codes are not sequential by geography ⓘ does not encode townland or county in a human-readable way ⓘ each address has a unique code ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Government of Ireland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 2015-07-13 ⓘ |
| operator | Capita Business Support Services Ireland ⓘ |
| policyContext | introduced after Ireland previously lacked a national postcode system ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate address verification
ⓘ
improve location services ⓘ improve mail delivery ⓘ support emergency services location ⓘ support logistics and delivery routing ⓘ |
| regionCodePrefix |
D for many Dublin routing keys
ⓘ
H for many west and northwest routing keys ⓘ V for many south and southeast routing keys ⓘ |
| regulator |
Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
ⓘ
surface form:
Commission for Communications Regulation
|
| routingKeyLength | 3 characters ⓘ |
| standardFormatExample | A65 F4E2 ⓘ |
| uniqueIdentifierLength | 4 characters ⓘ |
| usedBy |
An Post
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
courier companies ⓘ emergency services ⓘ satellite navigation providers ⓘ utility companies ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
T12
this entity surface form:
Eircode
subject surface form:
T12
this entity surface form:
Irish national postcode system
this entity surface form:
Eircode Address Database