Get it in writing!

Now that was a very strange week …. amongst some great things that happened it was the “week of the pensions” and once again I learnt a huge lesson!

The last place I wanted to be this week was the Cork Court House but this is where I found myself – I stood there on Wednesday afternoon on the first floor having a consultation with my solicitor and barrister. This related to a complication to do with my pension with Guinness Ireland, which had never been sorted out.

I remember that day in 1999 when I handed in my notice to Guinness to return to Cork and take up the General Manager role at Nash Beverages, a Heineken owned company. I had been with Guinness in Dublin for three years and before that I had worked for a Guinness owned subsidiary called Deasy’s in Cork for six…