An Post has launched an investigation into why it took nine months to deliver almost 2,000 cheques from the Revenue Commissioners.
Originally sent from the Revenue Commissioners' office in Dublin on October 18th last year, the cheques only began arriving at taxpayers' homes yesterday, over nine months after they were sent.
Revenue realised that 1,917 cheques were missing in October when they received complaints from people who hadn't received their rebate cheques in the south-east.
They cancelled the original cheques and reissued new cheques to the same people on October 30th.
"We received confirmation from An Post that they went missing," said a spokesman for the Revenue Commissioners yesterday.
"The 1,917 missing cheques were stopped in October and are now out of date. We reissued second cheques so people did get their money," he said.
An Post confirmed to The Irish Times that they are investigating the disappearance and subsequent delivery of the cheques this week.
"We're examining what happened and carrying out an investigation," said a spokesman from An Post. "People will obviously be disappointed when they realise the cheques are out of date," he said.
The Revenue Commissioners are now advising people to discard the late cheques. "There's no chance of a second payment - throw them away," said the spokesman.