National Lottery uses courier firm for ticket distribution

An Post has admitted that the National Lottery is using the services of a private courier firm to deliver lottery tickets to post offices.

A spokesman for An Post has confirmed that the National Lottery has recruited the services of Nightline, following a dispute with the Communications Workers Union in January over the closure of SDS.
SDS had delivered lottery tickets to post offices since the inception of the National Lottery in 1987.

“We had a situation where we couldn’t guarantee service and the Lottery people needed something, which could guarantee them service,” the spokesman added.