New Geographic Post Code System for Ireland

Not about the Irish language, but interesting re: technology and Irish culture....
PON Codes – a New Geographic Post Code System for Ireland (Oct 9, 2008)
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2897&trv=1
“In early 2010, the Irish postal market will be opened to competition (until now, only the government's ‘An Post’ could deliver ordinary mail), and from that point forward the non-unique addressing system used in Ireland for hundreds of years will no longer be practical for delivering mail.”