Ms Carolan Lennon:

We knew there were some real restrictions, particularly in the context of state aid. We know who we are in terms of our ex-incumbency. Our regulation poses some challenges. We raised all of the issues in the context of understanding that we would all love things to be simpler but sometimes that they cannot be. We were disappointed that they were not addressed. I can say this not as CEO. I was the person who led the NBP bid from the start. We wanted to win it and we thought we were best placed to win it because we know how to build networks and we know the infrastructure. It was disappointing. We kept thinking that the issues would be addressed but in the end, they were not.