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Minister shuffles off It's OK to use two charts
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IRELAND'S HAULAGE minister was sacked in a Government re-shuffle last weekâand his departure was warmly welcomed by the country's road haulage industry.
Dr Jim McDaid was not loved by truck operators, says Irish Road Haulage Association spokesman Jimmy Quinn.
"Even he conceded that he found it difficult to get his teeth into the job," Quinn explains. "It is lamentable that politicians of various hues see road haulage as a nuisance portfolio rather than as an industry which keeps the country going."
Among some of the recent issues which have alienated Ireland's hauliers was the embarrassing revelation that the new Dublin Port Tunnel was only 4.65m high, when many modem trucks are 4.8m high. McDaid was then reported to be considering an outright ban on the largest trucks in Ireland, which the IRHA described as an "impediment to trade"(CM 2 September).
McDaid is now relegated to the backbenches of the Irish parliament, the Dail. His replacement is Ivor Callely, who represents Dublin North Central.
McDaid's boss in Ireland's Department of Transport, Transport Minister Seamus Brennan, was also moved in the re-shuffle. He has become Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs_The new Transport Minister is Martin Cullen, who represents Waterford.