A LIFE in the week - Shane Diffily

Job Title:
Corporate Webmaster. I help to coordinate development on ESBnet (the ESB intranet) and the public website, www.esb.ie.

What do you like most about your job?
The opportunity to learn new things. My four years with ESB have been like going to university for a second time.

If you weren't in your current job what would you be doing?
Bheinn i nGleann Cholm Chille, ag feabhsú mo Ghaeilge labhartha i dteach Biddy's.

Personal ambition?
To be able to fluently speak, read and write at least three languages

If you had a choice of another career what would it be?
am interested in many things, so it is not an easy question. However, I have always been fascinated by the natural world. As such, I'd probably go for geology. Did you know that the only non-military person ever to set foot on the moon was a geologist!

What upsets you most?
Litter. Unfortunately, it is endemic in Irish society.

What is your favourite journey and why
Any airline journey, because of the expectation of arrival.

How do you chill out?
I read a lot.

Which four people, past or present, would you invite to dinner?
Dick Cheney, Mary Robinson, Paul Wolfowitz and Robert Fisk. Sit back and watch the food fly!