I did a search for topics about different couriers and came up with one called Interparcel which aren't too bad, only quoted me between £40 and £50 for next day delivery in the UK, takes about an extra day or two for deliveries to scotland but overall they are pretty good but can't deliver surfboards over to ireland.
I have tried a host of other couriers but they have constraint sizes on parcels and aren't able to send it. These are the ones I tried:
Parceline, City-Link, Interlink Express, Amtrak, Parcelforce, DHL, UPS, Night Freight, FedEx and Postvan. I did try TNT but they quoted me £180+

I assume it would be more expensive since it is a one-off delivery but many couriers wont even accept one-off deliveries either.
Anybody know of any other courier services? particularly ones who can deliver to ireland.
Thanks.