Under the Microscope - Déaglán Ó Dónaill

Job Title: Manager Electricity Pricing, ESB Customer Supply. In Electricity Pricing we collect and model the costs of electricity generation, distribution and supply and allocate them across the customer categories. We modify and design new tariffs to keep Customer Supply prices as competitive as possible.

Who are those closest to you?
Jacinta and our daughter Sadhbh (age 2).

How do you relax?
Hurling with Kilmacud Crokes, going to Leinster rugby matches, An Béal Binn (Club Amhránaíochta & Ceol) in Bray.

What is your greatest fear?
Setting our Customer Tariffs too low…or too high!

Where do you consider is the most idyllic holiday location?
Not into "idyllic"; more into the travel experience...probably Africa.

What person has influenced you most?
Recently, Jean-Claude Trichet - we're moving house.

What upsets you most?
Careless / unsafe drivers.

What are the values you look for in people?
Sincerity, concern for others, commitment to progress.

If your house was on fire and everyone was safe, what 3 items would you bring with you?
Home videos of Sadhbh, walking boots, script for "Idir Shúgradh agus Dáiríre" le Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Táim ag foghlaim mo chuid línte faoi láthair).

What person would you most like to meet?
Our grandchild.

What is your 'secret' ambition?
I have at least two. One of them is to build a "zero-emissions" green home.