Kenny Jacobs

Worrying drift at DAA cannot continue

Board could act to remove chief executive Kenny Jacobs, for which it does not need ministerial approval. But litigation would surely follow, be costly and messy

Darragh O’Brien wants Kenny Jacobs DAA row resolved quickly

Minister for Transport has blocked a near €1m deal for Jacobs to leave DAA role

DAA board pushes back as Minister suggests reconciliation with Kenny Jacobs

State-owned airports group needs sign-off from Darragh O’Brien for near-€1m exit deal for chief executive

Dublin Airport to breach passenger cap ‘early next week’ amid strong demand for travel

October marks the seventh consecutive month of passenger growth at Dublin Airport

Michael O’Leary attacks DAA over departure of CEO Kenny Jacobs

Ryanair boss said Mr Jacobs’ ‘elbows out’ style was what was needed in the public sector to get things done

Why have ministers still not signed off on exit deal agreed between DAA and its CEO?

Government yet to approve settlement seven weeks after DAA board and Kenny Jacobs agreed to it

DAA board views payout to CEO Kenny Jacobs as lower cost settlement option with reduced risks, minister told

DAA board agreed to a payout of just under €1m for CEO following mediation process, after a rift emerged between the two sides

O’Brien says he had ‘detailed and frank’ talks with DAA chair and board over issues at company

Minister says he is assessing a report he has received which is believed to centre on the future of chief executive Kenny Jacobs

Hike in Dublin Airport charges ‘critical to protecting service’, says DAA

Passenger volumes at DAA airports up 4% but costs rise 10% amid investments in service

Kenny Jacobs took on the Blob and lost, but legacy of DAA battle will tell another story

Departing chief executive found a way of penetrating the institutional inertia that blights economic progress

DAA turns down Oireachtas committee appearance

Deal for Kenny Jacobs to leave airport manager awaits political sign off

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Kenny Jacobs and the DAA: How chief executive who ‘shook things up’ ran out of runway

The chief executive who brought an elbows-out approach from Ryanair is departing, reportedly with an almost €1m exit package

Minister has not yet received formal proposal for DAA chief exit package

Kenny Jacobs involved in dispute with board of semi-State body that oversees Cork and Dublin airports

Sinn Féin urges Ministers to reject proposed €1m Kenny Jacobs exit deal at DAA

Party seeks DAA to appear before Oireachtas transport committee on the background to CEO’s departure

Why has the DAA board fallen out with chief executive Kenny Jacobs?

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‘Delay is fatal’ to Dublin revitalisation plans, says David McRedmond

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Fingal council’s ‘frustrations’ with Dublin Airport planning applications

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Council told Department of Transport about ‘frustrations’ at planning tensions with DAA

State-owned airport company has asked local authority to raise 32m passenger cap at Dublin

Why is Kenny Jacobs in the DAA departure lounge so early into his contract?

Chief executive’s rift with board of state-owned airport company spilt into the open last week

DAA’s board has got itself in a right twist

If Jacobs is not the right man for the job now, it is likely he never was so why was he appointed in the first place

Talks ongoing over rift between DAA board and CEO Kenny Jacobs, says Minister

Darragh O’Brien says he would have to sign off on any package for the chief executive if he was to leave the organisation but ‘we are not there yet’

Airport chief’s payday if DAA deal reached

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DAA chief Kenny Jacobs would receive about €1m under settlement proposals to leave role

Payment proposal follows rift between Jacobs and board of State-owned airport operator

DAA chief Kenny Jacobs close to settlement to exit State-owned airport group

A deal, which would involve a financial settlement, may be confirmed over the weekend

DAA and Kenny Jacobs engage lawyers to resolve boardroom rift at airport operator

Fallout may lead to CEO’s exit from State-owned body

Rift opens up between DAA board and its CEO Kenny Jacobs

Tensions at board level have been brought to the attention of senior Government figures

Airlines claim new Dublin Airport night flight limit will hit growth

An Coimisiún Pleanála allows greater use of new north runway but imposes annual limit and new noise quota regime

DAA chief failed to tell Eamon Ryan about airline shares before appointment

Kenny Jacobs told minister he had ‘no conflict of interest’ when joining board of State airport company

Semi-state CEOs: What do they earn and should they be paid more?

New Government structures mean many heads of commercial State companies will seek pay packet increase following review

`Zombie’ Dublin Airport passenger cap could be removed by legislation

Management pledges shorter than 20 minute wait at security for most travellers

Kenny Jacobs’ €374,830 salary is a soft target; the problem lies elsewhere

The justification offered for chief executive salaries is a chain of relativities leading back to Elon Musk, Tim Cook and the other titans jostling for the title of the world’s highest paid CEO

More than 150 staff at airport operator Daa earned over €150,000 last year, with one receiving over €450,000

Chief executive of State-owned firm is not company’s highest-paid employee

Review under way into DAA’s international duty free and consulting operations

CEO Kenny Jacobs dismisses sale option for subsidiaries Aer Rianta International and DAA International

Investment of €200m in Cork Airport welcomed

Among planned improvements is new mezzanine floor and solar panel farm

DAA lands near €300m profit despite passenger cap limitations

CEO Kenny Jacobs predicts airline demand will see passengers at Dublin rise to 36m this year

TD calls for changes to allocation of slots at Dublin Airport to boost regional services

Clare deputy Cathal Crowe says Shannon stopover not making a comeback

Call to reinstate Shannon Airport stopover ‘bizarre’, warns DAA chief

Fianna Fáil TD for Clare Cathal Crowe has sought law compelling flights to land at midwestern airport

Aer Lingus considers its first Ireland-Mexico service with flights to Cancún resort

Airline has begun new service from Dublin to Nashville and is adding further European destinations

Dublin Airport operator launches noise information portal for residents

DAA chief executive says it is ‘committed to being good neighbours’ and listening to community concerns

Dublin Airport cap at risk of being dragged into US trade tensions

American carrier group Airlines for America to meet Government officials to discuss contentious limit

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