Daniel McConnell

I thought that was a very interesting.

And I mean, a lot of these things, you know, the quality of the interview, it's as good as we are.

It's largely down to the willingness of the subject to be open.

Absolutely, yeah.

And I thought, as I said at the start, it was good value for us, you know.

And again, he, in a very understated way, was screaming the fact that they take long-term views.

They don't get overly perturbed by... I presume they have their targets that they have to hit, all the rest, and grow.

But they're for the long haul.

They take a long-term view.

And obviously, with the sort of infrastructure they need in terms of the size of the ships that they have, the ports that they have, they can't be kind of reacting or being volatile here, there, and everywhere.

What was your overall take away about their relationship with Ireland and their commitment to Ireland?

He's not one of these global or European chief executives who says, oh yes, we have an outpost in Ireland and I hear our three speaking points.

He knows the detail, he knows the operation, he knows the complexity of the routes.

He had that at his fingertips.

I'll tell you off air.

I think overall, as a company, they have to obviously look to grow and opportunities to grow.

I was struck also as well, his commentary about, you know, they operate near the Baltics or in the Baltics.

That was one of the most interesting bits.

I thought that was where, you know, the potential impact on their services operating in a kind of an intense security environment.

You know what I mean?