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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 Pentony, 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.
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■ 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.
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
a special tribute to local historian
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.
Pictured (l-r) are CEO of Co. Louth VEC, Dr Pádraig Kirk, Town Clerk Frank Pentony; Seamus Byrne, retired staff
ESB Chapel Street; Pat O’Connor, retired ESB Premises Officer; Sara Farrington, ESB Estates Management; Cllr
Liam Reilly, Chairman Co. Louth VEC; Cllr Jennifer Green, Cathaoirleach Dundalk Town Council; and Brendan Delany
ESB Archives & Heritage Manager.
ELECTRIC IRELAND WINS MUSGRAVE €15
MILLION RENEWABLE ENERGY CONTRACT
Back row: John Drinan, Electric Ireland. Front row (l-r): Tony Dunlea, Electric Ireland; Ingrid DeDoncker,
e-Auction Executive, Musgraves; and John Curran, Musgrave Group Environmental Executive.
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
■ 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
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) and Killian Young
(Kerry footballer) at the launch of the Electric
Ireland GAA Munster Minor Championships
in Semple Stadium Thurles. ■
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. ■
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