Retirement of Ciaran Murphy

Ciaran Murphy decided to avail of VSS after more than 43 years service and a presentation was made to him on Wednesday 21st December at the Beaumont House.

Ciaran started his ESB Apprenticeship at the tender age of 15 in October 1962. On qualifying in 1967, he worked in the 38kV Stations section of Dublin North West Group, before moving to all areas of group construction work, initially based in Kylemore Road and subsequently in Blanchardstown. In 1990, Ciaran was appointed Area Supervisor, Coolock, and in 1994 transferred back to Blanchardstown as Construction Supervisor.

In 1997 Ciaran moved to Finglas as Network Improvement Supervisor in North Branch, and as Projects Supervisor in Network Projects from 2001. It was in this period that Ciaran with his construction team began the mammoth task of replacing the URD system in Dublin North (all 650 subs and cable) and completed the project just in time last week, and so his legacy is ensured.

Ciaran has worked tirelessly in all of his work areas and made a substantial contribution to each. He has also been generous with his time to contribute to the social scene with his colleagues and is the handicap secretary in the North Branch Golf Society. Ciaran has made friends with the many colleagues he has worked with throughout his years in ESB. We would like to wish Ciaran and Mary a long, happy and healthy retirement.