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Hasta la vista Etain: Comreg to get new chair & commissioner in a month

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  • 30-10-2003 12:45pm
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    thegills
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    Etain Doyle, the chairperson of the Commission for Communications Regulation, has announced she is to step down early next year.

    She has informed the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources that she does not wish to be considered for re-appointment as chairperson of ComReg when her current term of office ends on the 30 of November this year.

    A ComReg spokesperson said Doyle is to take part in a film-making course in New York.

    Doyle said she enjoyed her time at ComReg and will remain interested in its progress and also in the broader context of Ireland's economic and IT development.

    'The new EU framework is in place, 3G has been launched with just one operator to start shortly, and mobile number portability is working effectively,' she said.

    'In addition, spectrum management and innovation is well-established in Ireland, the new Fixed Wireless Access Local Area (FWALA) licensees are about to be announced, which will enable small operators to complete more effectively for broadband customers. This will add some extra market pressure to the regulatory regime for DSL lines.'

    Doyle added that the key postal regulation issues were set out and a new regime comes into effect shortly and the transition from the ODTR to ComReg is complete.


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    MDR
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    damn piped to the post ...

    Thanks for all the fish Etain ....


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    dahamsta
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    Originally posted by thegills
    A ComReg spokesperson said Doyle is to take part in a film-making course in New York.
    She was always good with fiction.

    This is a wind-up, n'est ce pas?

    adam


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    MDR
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    her tenure at COMREG has quite obviousily driven her over the edge, peeps knew that as soon as the ODTR became COMREG it was her death knell ...


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    vinnyfitz
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    OK nominations for her successor open now. Will it be an insider?

    Will Ahern start recruiting tomorrow? How long till the new person is in place?
    Will a two person Commission be able to take decisions in the meantime?

    For the record (and I know its not popular to say it round here) - I think Etain did a lot of good in the job and we could have got a lot worse as telecoms regulator way back when.


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    ednwireland
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    apparently her resignation is down to the gov not giving her a company car and an early retirement scheme, mind you it was in an interview with an irish indo journo

    good riddance hopefully they appoint someone with some balls to the position (actually no pun intended)

    My weather

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    Dangger
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    My cashola is on John Doherty for taking over.


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    vinnyfitz
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    - Doherty or Goggin this year. Swap around next year. The new kid will get to do it in two years time. But any guesses who will be the new kid?


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    spongebob
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    She is going to learn how to Make Movies .

    M


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    spongebob
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    Originally posted by vinnyfitz
    But any guesses who will be the new kid?

    Either Adam or me.

    We disagree on the wheels but very little else.

    M


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    vinnyfitz
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    Or to Cork?

    Me imagines mood of interview panel after meeting Muck and Adam on the same afternoon.:D


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    The Clown Man
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    i.e. she was told to get the hell out before she was given the boot I'd imagine.

    So she can step down gracefully and say that she wants to er... make movies .... er... yea...

    I see her imagination hasn't developed any since the ODTR.


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    yellum
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    The movies Heavens Gate and Waterworld come to mind,


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    Krouc
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    Dont let the door hit you on the way out.

    Just seen it on the news and had to laugh at the quote from someone in the business, She was a tough cookie/nut.

    She leaves a small pair of shoes.

    movies!
    K


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    molinaalexis
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    About time to get the hell out of there.

    Poor the film industry


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    sceptre
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    Threads merged


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    De Rebel
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    Well Good Luck Etain. You started on a high note and raised a lot of hopes. Something of a flase dawn unfortunatly. There has been some good work done, and some good people employed. Hopefully your successors with the Minister's continued focus will speed up the pace of delivery.

    The King is dead. Long live the King.


    Originally posted by ednwireland
    apparently her resignation is down to the gov not giving her a company car and an early retirement scheme, mind you it was in an interview with an irish indo journo

    You can probably take it that her little disagreement with her employers was sorted out before the announcement. Otherwise she would have folded her arms and stayed in situ for as long as it took.
    Originally posted by ednwireland
    good riddance hopefully they appoint someone with some balls to the position (actually no pun intended)

    In which case one assumes that you are rooting for John Doherty. (Unless of course Isolda Goggin has been hiding one or two things from us..............)


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    Fallschirmjager
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    Doyle said she enjoyed her time at ComReg and will remain interested in its progress and also in the broader context of Ireland's economic and IT development



    oh gowd...she enjoyed it...well at least one person in ireland was having 'fun' with this...

    it there is a god...she will have to ring eircom to get a BB connection with the anwer...'no...not available in your area...'


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