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Brand sentiment analysis

What does the world think of An Post?

3.4/10

Largely negative sentiment

The independent signal available for An Post is dominated by customer service frustration on X, where posters describe month-long parcel delays, lost items, unpaid refunds, missed delivery slips and disputed customs and VAT charges. There is little visible counterweight in the current coverage, with no independent news praise surfacing to offset the complaints. The picture reads as a functional utility brand carrying persistent, publicly aired delivery and support grievances rather than an outright reputational crisis.

Trusted default carrier with national reach

Even the critical posts show An Post is the assumed handler for everything from personal parcels to international orders and customs clearance, indicating entrenched reliance on it as Ireland's default postal service. Complainants keep engaging and chasing resolution rather than switching away, and

Detected concerns (locked)

Lost and delayed parcels
Unreachable customer support and slow refunds
Customs and VAT fee anger
Based on 15 independent public sources, brand-owned content excluded. As of Aug 6, 2026, from a free news-and-web snapshot. How this score is calculated

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