Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Bus Átha Cliath: Chairman Designate
Mr. Gary Owens:
I did not. To be absolutely transparent, I applied originally but then pulled out pretty much straight away. To be honest, it was good for everybody that Jonathan Hill was appointed. He was not resident in Ireland at the time. We needed an independent CEO with experience in that space and he had good experience. My job was to help source a new CEO, put a new board in place, rewrite the constitution and refinance. We erased €75 million in debt with Bank of Ireland. My job was also to build relationships with UEFA and FIFA. They were all the tasks set to me by the board and that was what I did.
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