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June/July 2013 www.esb.ie/em
BSC and Electric Ireland
ELECTRIC IRELAND SPONSORS DARKNESS INTO LIGHT 2013
NEW VEC IRISH POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL OPENS IN FORMER ESB OFFICES
A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT which a plaque was unveiled was held on April 18th last to mark the opening of Louth's new all-Irish post-primary school. The principal of the new Coláiste Lú, Una Kirk, welcomed guests with a greeting in Irish. Guests at the event included the Chairman of Co. Louth VEC, Cllr Liam Reilly, Town Clerk Frank Pen-tony, ESB Chapel Street retired staff Seamus Byrne (who was also a former Cathaoirleach of Dundalk UDC), Sara Farrington, ESB Estates management, Pat O'Connor, and retired ESB Premises Officer and CEO of Co. Louth VEC, Dr Pádraig Kirk.
Dr Kirk paid tribute to all the staff in Louth VEC, local existing and former ESB staff and the staff of ESB Estates management who worked together to bring about the new school. He concluded by paying tribute to Canice O'Mahony, a former town engineer who wrote The History of Dundalk Urban District Council Power Station. The UDC Power Station generated electricity and supplied the town of Dundalk from 1910 until 1928. It was closed as a result of the Shannon Scheme and ESB took over this role as part of its remit of providing a national electricity service.
The premises later became the administrative headquarters for ESB in the northeast. Up until early 2012 some local ESB staff were based in Chapel Street and successive generations of these staff served not only customers in Dundalk, but also made a significant contribution to ESB's activities on a national basis.
Cllr Jennifer Green, Cathaoirleach Dundalk Town Council, unveiled the plaque inside the school. Cllr Green said she had been surprised to learn that it was the UDC who had been responsible for the electrification of the town before ESB had been established. She also highlighted that “Dundalk is still leading the way in terms of energy with the Centre for Renewable Energy and the wind turbine at Dundalk IT”.
Brendan Delany, ESB's Archives and Heritage Manager, also paid Canice for his wonderfully researched book which provides a great insight into the changes in the electricity industry and documents how those changes impacted on the people of Dundalk. He said that he was delighted that this historic building had found a new lease of life in supporting local community and sustaining the use of the Irish language.
Frank Pentony, Town Clerk UDC, concluded proceedings by thanking everyone involved and he noted that the event was held on April 18th to coincide with the International Day of Buildings and Monuments. He viewed this as a good omen, as this year's theme was education.
ELECTRIC IRELAND WINS MUSGRAVE €15 MILLION RENEWABLE ENERGY CONTRACT
MUSGRAVE GROUP HAS chosen Electric Ireland to supply its energy requirements for the next two years. The new contract, which is valued at approximately €15m, is based on the supply of 100% renewable energy. Electric Ireland Energy Services will also provide energy efficiency audit support to assist Musgrave in achieving its ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard.
The contract will see Electric Ireland provide approximately 66GWh per annum to 48 of Musgrave's sites throughout the island of Ireland, including 39 stores in the Republic and nine sites in Northern Ireland. This is the first time that Musgrave's depots and owned stores have aligned themselves with an Irish electricity provider for 100% renewable energy supply.
SEAI Energy Show
Deputy Chief Executive ESB, Brid Horan with Minister Pat Rabbitte and Brian Motherway CEO, SEAI at the Electric Ireland stand at the Energy Show.
Launch of the Electric Ireland GAA Munster Minor Championship
Pa Cronin (Cork hurler), Mike Counihan (CRM, Electric Ireland) andKillian Young (Kerry footballer) at the launch of the Electric Ireland GAA Munster Minor Championships in Semple StadiumThurles.
Contents »
▪ Getting ready for SEPA
In Ireland, the traditional six-digit sort code and eightdigit account number will no longer be acceptable and will be replaced by a BIC and IBAN. At ESB, we are making sure we are ready.
▪ Electric Ireland
sponsors Darkness into Light 2013 Electric Ireland supported Darkness into Light, a fundraising walk in aid of Pieta House, the suicide and self-harm crisis centre this year across Ireland.
▪ IT Innovation
The Mobile Email Service was launched in May 2013 and provides secure access for staff to their company email, calendar, contacts and tasks on a Blackberry mobile phone.
▪ IS Security
EM reports on how phishing emails have evolved from the badly composed emails of a few years ago to sophisticated social engineering tools.
Appreciation
ED HARDING
Ed Harding passed away on Saturday December 22nd last. Ed started his career in ESB in 1970, working in Dublin 2 district in Merrion Square, later moving to the Finglas Area Office. From there to Transport in South Lotts Road and finally to Accounts in ESB Head Office. Towards the end of his working life he had a spell in Egypt and took early retirement in 2002.
Ed attended the inaugural meeting of SPORTSCO in 1972 and was heavily involved in its workings until his untimely end. He held every position on the committee at SPORTSCO and was chairperson for seventeen year. He project managed the recent major refurbishment at SPORTSCO and this will stand as a permanent reminder of him. His funeral ceremony was held in Mount Jerome on December 27th 2012. May he rest in peace. Ed's ashes were placed on Laytown beach in front of the incoming tide on April 20th 2013.
