A LIFE in the week - Terry Cummins

"Having family and friends together on Christmas day is the only way to do it, besides I would miss not doing the cooking!"

Job Title/Description: Human Resources Manager, Aghada, Cork. HR Support function to Aghada.

What do you like most about
your job?
I love being out and about talking to people. There are some great people here at Aghada. I am also really looking forward to the next couple of years here with the building of the new CCGT and all that goes with it so it’s onwards and upwards lads.

If you weren’t in your current job
what would you be doing?
I would probably be a Chef.

Personal ambition?
We are only on this planet for a short while, so my personal ambition is to be the best that I can be in my present job.

If you had a choice of another
career what would it be?
Again, it would have to be a Chef, as I love cookery. Having my own little restaurant would be a bonus (might even employ Gordon Ramsey)!

What was the best Christmas gift you ever got?
When I was about 8 years old, I remember getting a compendium of games from Santa. All the family used to spend hours playing with ‘my’ present, you can imagine the hassle that this brought in a big family, but I loved it.

What would you like to find in your stocking this Christmas?
Doreen (say no more!)

Describe your dream location for Christmas?
There is nowhere in the world I would like to spend Christmas but at home with Doreen and the kids Rebecca and Daniel. Having family and friends together on this day is the only way to do it, besides I would miss not doing the cooking! Laying on some tropical beach somewhere on a Christmas day would not appeal to me at all.

Which four people, past or present, would you invite to Christmas dinner?
Michael Collins, Dr. Martin Luther King, my Dad and Egyptian Pharaoh Seti 1. There would be some discussion happening here. I believe these guys would sort out all the world’s problems in a couple of hours.