CityPost to hire 400 as part of postal service shake-up

MD aims to make ‘post hip’ as €3.5m pumped into firm

Ian Glass, managing director of CityPost Picture: Fergal Phillips

CityPost, a private delivery service that delivers mail to households, is planning a fresh assault on the Irish postal service that could see it hire up to 400 new staff.

The family-owned firm is in the process of hiring 120 new employees and expects that number to grow, according to managing director and shareholder Ian Glass.

It is investing €3.5 million, with the help of its lenders, in postal sorting equipment to be ...