There's no advantage in spending billions just because you've spent €120 million

Gerry Murphy. head of the National Transport Authority, is not fully committed to the Metro North line

Gerry Murphy

**CV:** Gerry Murphy

**Role:** chief executive of the National Transport Authority

**Age:** 60

**Lives:** Raheny, Dublin (originally from Goatstown)

**Family:** married with three children

**Appearance:** sprightly and bearded

**Favourite book:** Voss by Patrick White

**Favourite album:** A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Gerry Murphy cycles to work every day - which is fitting for a man charged with promoting ''sustainable transport.

As head of the National Transport Authority (NTA), he also has the ...