On Thursday 15th I placed three orders and received confirmation on the same day that all were despatched. A local delivery to Killiney arrived on Friday evening - brilliant. A delivery to Co. Clare via UPS arrived on Saturday morning, 17th December - equally wonderful service. The third delivery, via An Post, and in Dublin 24, did not arrive until Tuesday evening, 20th December.
A further order confirmed despatched on Sunday 18th via An Post, to Dublin 6W has not yet been delivered by 1:00 p.m. on Thursday 22nd, while another despatched on Monday 19th via UPS to Dublin 16 was delivered on Wednesday, 21st.
While I was completely satisfied with the shopping and communication experience from Whelehan, the service by An Post is most unsatisfactory and completely outclassed by that of UPS