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Fri 04 Apr 2007An Post says it is on course for profitAn Post said it was on track to make a profit this year, but admitted it would be three years before it achieved the regulator's target of delivering more than 90 per cent of mail the next day.Speaking as the group released its results for 2006 yesterday, chief executive Donal Connell said that after recording a net profit of €75.7 million last year, thanks to a one-off gain related to the sale of a property on the Naas Road in Dublin, the company was on course this year to repeat that performance but without the expectation of such a substantial one-off gain.