Derek McGuire, a former rough sleeper, says the free personal address offered by An Post would have helped him recover his sense of identity. My circumstances were very complicated – I found it difficult to access emergency accommodation because I was still tied to the property,” he said. Their address will be where the post office is located but it will not state that it is a post office. If a person moves to a new locality, a new address can be immediately generated, linked to a post office in the new location. National secretary of St Vincent de Paul, Andy Heffernan said An Post's Address Point service was a very practical response to a very human issue.

Source: Irish Examiner April 05, 2019 15:08 UTC