# john-tierney - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
# European View
From The42
# European View
Railway Union will travel to London to take on Wasps Ladies in two weekends’ time.
# john-tierney - Monday 11 September, 2017
# John Tierney
# John Tierney
The majority of the retirement package received by John Tierney when he left Irish Water came from pension entitlements.
# john-tierney - Saturday 29 August, 2015
# Charge This
# Charge This
Not long ago, TheJournal.ie was publishing articles with headlines like ‘Why don’t the Irish protest?’.
# john-tierney - Saturday 31 January, 2015
# Bills Bills Bills
# Bills Bills Bills
John Tierney said he didn’t forsee a situation ”where we would have to be taking people to court”. But what will happen to those who don’t pay out?
# john-tierney - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
# Hell To The N-o
# Hell To The N-o
The utility’s new board structure has caused some confusion this evening.
# john-tierney - Tuesday 2 December, 2014
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The utility has consulted the Data Commissioner prior to starting the job.
# john-tierney - Thursday 20 November, 2014
# Erase And Rewind
# Erase And Rewind
The ‘big sell’ of Irish Water is well under way… Ministers have also been out today talking up the “€1.15 a week” figure.
# john-tierney - Sunday 9 November, 2014
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
All assets and liabilities from local authorities are due to be transferred to Irish Water by 2017.
# john-tierney - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The Irish Water charm offensive began in Ringsend this afternoon.
# john-tierney - Thursday 30 October, 2014
# Communication Breakdown
# Communication Breakdown
Several TDs have complained about not getting any response to their queries from the new utility.
# john-tierney - Thursday 23 October, 2014
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The Public Accounts Committee was told it can’t question Irish Water boss John Tierney
# john-tierney - Wednesday 22 October, 2014
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The Irish Water boss John Tierney has met with Environment Minister Alan Kelly this afternoon.
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
Alan Kelly said the new board will address the bonus culture at Irish water as a matter of priority.
# Dáil Talk
# Dáil Talk
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# john-tierney - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
# Water Falling From The Sky
# Water Falling From The Sky
Fine Gael Senator clarifies his comment that water “doesn’t just fall out of the sky”.
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
Meanwhile, a Fine Gael backbencher has called on the board of Irish Water to resign.
# Underwater
# Underwater
Leaks, protests, communication breakdown and a scorned minister have all contributed to a difficult 10 months for the new semi-state.
# Dáil Talk
# Dáil Talk
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# john-tierney - Monday 20 October, 2014
# john-tierney - Sunday 19 October, 2014
# Ervia
# Ervia
It has also emerged that senior coalition figures have discussed the replacement of the Irish Water CEO.
# john-tierney - Wednesday 15 October, 2014
# Hey You
# Hey You
Fine Gael TD Noel Harrington said he’s had “no substantial response” to a series of emails and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere either.
# john-tierney - Sunday 7 September, 2014
# Bad Timing
# Bad Timing
The former minister had the biggest job interview of his life this week, as he bids to become Agriculture Commissioner. But the issue of Irish Water just won’t go away, it seems.
# john-tierney - Tuesday 11 February, 2014
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
TDs and Senators have also heard that Irish Water’s has put some 115,000 water meters into the ground, at a rate of around 27,000 a month, so far.
# john-tierney - Monday 27 January, 2014
# Trouble Brewing
# Trouble Brewing
An ambulance chaser or an indispensable public spending watchdog? The Public Accounts Committee’s work and role is coming under increasing scrutiny from its own members.
# john-tierney - Wednesday 22 January, 2014
# Money Wasted?
# Money Wasted?
But the taxpayer could lose €96 million.
# john-tierney - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The Taoiseach has defended Irish Water and its chief executive John Tierney this morning.
# john-tierney - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
The charges are set to begin in October with the first bills due in early 2015 but a pricing structure has yet to be decided.
# Big Philly Style
# Big Philly Style
The Environment Minister has been called on to resign by Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams today.
# Cold Water
# Cold Water
CEO of the semi-state, John Tierney, confirmed yesterday that staff would be entitled to bonus payments totalling up to six per cent of their salary.
# John Tierney
# John Tierney
John Tierney, who appeared before the joint Oireachtas Environment Committee yesterday, will be back in Leinster House this evening to answer more questions on Irish Water’s finances.
# john-tierney - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The new utility company’s submission to the Oireachtas Environment Committee outlines how up to €180 million will be spent to establish it.
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
Costs were released for the first time today but Irish Water has said that the Government knew of the completion of the procurement process 10 months ago.
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The Fianna Fáil party makes a strong argument in its latest video offering on the controversy.
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
John Tierney will be faced with questions on the new body’s spending.
# john-tierney - Friday 10 January, 2014
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
Irish Water has defended the spending saying the initial cost of setting it up has to be seen “in the context of long term cost savings”.
# john-tierney - Thursday 9 January, 2014
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
Irish Water chief executive John Tierney revealed the figure this morning, saying it was part of set-up costs for the new State utility company.
# john-tierney - Friday 26 July, 2013
# Jobswatch
# Jobswatch
The company has been tasked overseeing the metering of homes ahead of the introduction of water charges late next year.
# john-tierney - Wednesday 10 July, 2013
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
Homeowners will be contacted two weeks in advance of the installation of their meter.
# john-tierney - Friday 31 May, 2013
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
The head of Irish Water said it delayed signing its contract with call centre Abtran after an employee was suspended at the company last month.
# john-tierney - Friday 5 April, 2013
# Cultural Quarter
# Cultural Quarter
The central library, currently based in the Ilac Centre, will become the focal point for a new ‘cultural district’.
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