Continental Group chief gets €240,000 bonus

EAMONN Rothwell, the chief executive of Irish Ferries’ parent company Irish Continental Group, was paid a bonus of more than €240,000 last year.

Irish Ferries last year cut hundreds of jobs from its Irish base to employ fewer and cheaper workers from overseas to run its passenger ferry division.

According to Irish Continental Group’s annual report for 2005, Mr Rothwell was paid a total of €664,000. He received a basic salary of €377,000 and a performance bonus of €242,000. He also received other pay and perks worth €45,000. Mr Rothwell’s overall pay was the same as in 2004.