Safety first, social duty a close second at ESB

Utility has donated over €5 million to suicide prevention services over last decade

Pat O’Doherty, ESB chief executiveFeargal Ward

When you visit the ESB headquarters on Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Street, you are asked to sign in, given a little card with instructions on how to evacuate the building, and then directed to watch a safety video, which, among other things, advises to hold the rail at all times when using the stairs.

Past reception, there is an electric sign boasting that it has been 250 days since the last mishap befell someone on ...