Post

Makes no difference to me. Irish customs have made An Post unusable. E20 and up for all packages I send. I could be sending children's pictures to Nana valued at 0 but now Nana has to pay money to get them because of the cost of postage. I used to love to support An Post

Because people keep paying it. It's like USC or VRT in Ireland, why give up on a cash-cow? Every time they push you online / to the app "for your convenience", it's to separate you from your fellow consumers, and they increase the "your" price bit by bit, until you close the app without buying.