Irish address data management

Postal data in the Republic of Ireland can be a challenge to capture accurately and maintain. Address data is not consistent throughout the country and postcodes are non-existent. Often an address may seem incomplete when it actually contains suitable details for delivery within Ireland.

In addition, residents often have a different understanding of their address to their official postal address. The resident preferred address can include Gaelic variations, locality aliases and townlands.

For example:

Specialist knowledge of country address data can assist with such challenges, ensuring that residents particularly conscious of local boundaries are not offended and are correctly addressed.

How can Experian QAS help?

Containing over 1.3 million addresses and enhanced using Experian's Postaim data, the GeoDirectory file allows you to:

• Efiiciently return locality aliases and townlands supplied by the contact
• Validate address details provided against the GeoDirectory file
• Enhance your data through additional address-related DataPlus sets, such as the Thoroughfare ID, the Building Group Type, pre-sortation information to gain discount on bulk mailings