▁and ▁ge o - co ordinates ▁of ▁each ▁address ▁point . ▁Sample ▁product ▁data ▁and ▁pr icing ▁details ▁were ▁issued ▁to ▁business es ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁The ▁EC AD ▁is ▁now ▁available ▁to ▁lic ence ▁by ▁end - users ▁and ▁value - added ▁res ellers ▁called ▁E ir code ▁Pro viders ▁▁ ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁typical ▁Irish ▁address ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Lord ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Dublin : ▁The ▁E ir code ▁is ▁added ▁on ▁as ▁an ▁extra ▁line ▁to ▁the ▁existing ▁address ▁and ▁postal ▁district ▁code ▁which ▁remains ▁un changed . ▁▁ ▁Dublin ▁City ▁Council , ▁ ▁Lord ▁Mayor ’ s ▁Office , ▁ ▁M ansion ▁House , ▁ ▁Daw son ▁Street , ▁ ▁Dublin ▁ 2 . ▁ ▁D 0 2 ▁AF 3 0 ▁ ▁Un like ▁other ▁post code ▁systems , ▁E ir code ▁is ▁not ▁used ▁for ▁PO ▁Box ▁addresses . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁An ▁Post ▁did ▁not ▁introduce ▁autom ated ▁sorting ▁machines ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁By ▁then , ▁the ▁optical ▁character ▁recognition ▁( O CR ) ▁systems ▁were ▁advanced ▁enough ▁to ▁read ▁whole ▁addresses , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁just ▁post codes , ▁thereby ▁allowing ▁An ▁Post ▁to ▁skip ▁a ▁generation . ▁Con sequently , ▁mail ▁to ▁addresses ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁did ▁not ▁require ▁any ▁digits ▁after ▁the ▁address . ▁ ▁While ▁An ▁Post ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁address ing ▁system ▁and ▁sorting ▁techn ologies ▁make ▁post codes ▁for ▁mail ▁delivery ▁unnecessary , ▁it ▁was ▁suggested