Why did tim toole resigns

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The Explainer is a weekly podcast from TheJournal. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Newsletters : Sign Up. Partner Publications. The latest Irish and international sports news for readers and members. A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see. Joe O'Toole resigns as head of water commission The chairman of the commission had been under intense pressure after saying he believed water charges should be paid.

Despite the support of Minister Coveney this is a situation I am not prepared to countenance and therefore I am withdrawing from the position. I thank Minister Coveney for his confidence in me and in wishing the commission and my successor every success I hope that they will receive the kind of support they deserve. The decision of the chair to pre-empt any examination of the facts and promote his personal view of what should happen next is clearly incompatible with the role he was appointed to.

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Close drawer menu Financial Times International Edition. O'Toole, a US citizen who was awarded an honorary CBE for his organisation's response to the July 7 attacks said last night that it was "time to go home" with his family to the US. During that time he has led from the front and made huge progress in delivering an improved tube after decades of under-investment," said Johnson.

O'Toole and Johnson have laid the blame for the tube funding gap at the door of the government and Gordon Brown, who as chancellor imposed a controversial Public Private Partnership PPP programme to upgrade the tube until