Louis Gillick departs

Louis Gillick was surrounded by a large gallery of family and friends in Natures Way, Head Office, as he availed of early retirement and bid farewell to ESB. John Campion, Executive Director, HR and Corporate Affair, paid tribute to Louis’ multifaceted career in ESB. He described Louis as a man of many hats including being a social entrepreneur who gave freely of his time to help people who are less fortunate in Irish society.

In more recent years, he acted as liaison between ESB and charitable organisations such as Focus Ireland and TRUST, who cater for the wellbeing of homeless people. Alice Leahy, Director, TRUST, was on hand to thank Louis for his enthusiastic support.

Also among the many messages of goodwill received was a note from Pat Kenny, RTE, recalling their student days together. John Campion highlighted Louis’ involvement in social activities for which he is well-known in ESB. The milestones were the 1000-mile Pole Push around Ireland on behalf of Temple Street Children’s Hospital and the voyage on the Viking ship Dyflin to Liverpool to collect part of the scanner for the hospital. Dr. Veronica Donoghue, who was also present, thanked Louis for his work on behalf of Temple Street Hospital.

The legendary Kevin Heffernan made a guest appearance to present Louis with a Dublin Jersey. The festivities continued in Scruffy Murphy’s where Louis’ old friend and former colleague Jimmy Doyle provided ‘the music.’