Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
Future of the An Post Network: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. David McRedmond:
Last year we exceeded €1 billion in revenue for the first time in the company's history. We have moved back into profitability after Covid. The company is undergoing a massive transformation. It is our green light strategy. We are leaders in technology and one of the leaders in this country in terms of AI deployment. We are the leaders in terms of sustainability. We see rural and urban as the same. We act for the common good and will provide extensive services. We have become an essential service because ecommerce is the biggest service now happening. People want things delivered. You can live anywhere in this State and get any goods, equivalent to living in Manchester, Boston or Paris. You can get anything because of the network we have and the service we provide. The post office network is one network. Our delivery network works hand in glove with it and delivers. I am really confident about the future of the post office network. There is always difficulty with mail volume decline but we are growing a load of services.