Maybe we should be hiring people a little closer to home rather than a person with a family living half way around the world.
€1.1m for 2 years work….not bad if you can get it.
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Tomaskerry on
He’s 67.
I thought it strange he took a job on the other side of the world when he was past retirement age.
I’m sure he has plenty of money anyway.
Maybe it was the Irish connection that drew him here.
Anyway, we should be grateful to him. He got us very close to the point of construction.
marks-ireland on
A couple of years dealing with the Irish civil service and nimbyism would do that to anyone.
keanehoodies on
We should try and swipe a Frenchman. They’re building the Grand Paris Express which is like 4 lines at once over the course of a fortnight it would appear.
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Specific-Manager-125 on
What an utter joke 1.1 million plus plus plus for what ? Bit much claiming family reasons when he knew what the job entailed
Again this nonsense about having to pay these exorbitant salaries to “attract the right talent” . Utter bollox as proven over and over again
IrishLad1002 on
Which one of Fine Gael or Fianna Fails buddies will get the gig next ? Phones are ringing as we speak
mindthegoat_redux on
I’m not happy with the amount of money spent on his wages but he got the project rolling, railway order purchased, NIMBY’s (temporarily) neutralised, and the public largely onside. Can’t have asked more of him so I wish him well, And hopefully the next CEO is around for the first station being fitted out.
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I’ll give it a go.
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only one country for the job
5x0uf5o on
What a joke. I’ve noticed how he’s thrown his weight around since coming into the job – acting like Billy Big Balls – telling us how we need to get our act together, demanding that an entirely new project team be developed OUTSIDE of TII/NTA, who are the people supposed to be responsible for our big transport infrastructure.
Now he’s darting back to New Zealand before there’s even any shovels in the ground. They haven’t even selected a contractor yet. What a time waster.
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Maybe we should be hiring people a little closer to home rather than a person with a family living half way around the world.
€1.1m for 2 years work….not bad if you can get it.
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He’s 67.
I thought it strange he took a job on the other side of the world when he was past retirement age.
I’m sure he has plenty of money anyway.
Maybe it was the Irish connection that drew him here.
Anyway, we should be grateful to him. He got us very close to the point of construction.
A couple of years dealing with the Irish civil service and nimbyism would do that to anyone.
We should try and swipe a Frenchman. They’re building the Grand Paris Express which is like 4 lines at once over the course of a fortnight it would appear.
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What an utter joke 1.1 million plus plus plus for what ? Bit much claiming family reasons when he knew what the job entailed
Again this nonsense about having to pay these exorbitant salaries to “attract the right talent” . Utter bollox as proven over and over again
Which one of Fine Gael or Fianna Fails buddies will get the gig next ? Phones are ringing as we speak
I’m not happy with the amount of money spent on his wages but he got the project rolling, railway order purchased, NIMBY’s (temporarily) neutralised, and the public largely onside. Can’t have asked more of him so I wish him well, And hopefully the next CEO is around for the first station being fitted out.
I’ll give it a go.

only one country for the job
What a joke. I’ve noticed how he’s thrown his weight around since coming into the job – acting like Billy Big Balls – telling us how we need to get our act together, demanding that an entirely new project team be developed OUTSIDE of TII/NTA, who are the people supposed to be responsible for our big transport infrastructure.
Now he’s darting back to New Zealand before there’s even any shovels in the ground. They haven’t even selected a contractor yet. What a time waster.
Nimbys are strangling this country to death