METRO Thursday, October 1, 2009 D TODAYS TOP SHOT: Autumn in Ireland by Sarie Wallace Metro readers from around the globe are invited to take part in one of the worlds largest photo competitions. This year the themes are: People, Places and Climate Change. For your chance to see your work in print around the world and win one of three trips for two to a Metro city of your choice, simply submit your photographs by Sunday October 18. Upload your photos now at www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie METRO PhOTO challenge Mr Buckley, who is chairman of Saon Group and a founding director of Digi- cel, is also known as the doctor for his skill in healing businesses. When asked how he would diagnose Ireland Inc, he claimed the treatment was fairly easy. Here we are as a company, or as a country, losing 400million per week. We cant continue doing that. He said the cabinet need to stop bicker- ing and talking about doing things, and just go ahead and do it including An Bord Snip Nua plans. The cost of the public sector is 26 per cent higher than the private sector. Who pays for that? The private sector. I dont think we can avoid reducing the cost of the public sector, he said. Mr Buckley added that the Government must also stop leaking money through agencies like Fs. Next up in the series is Maeve Dono- van, managing director of The Irish Times on October 7; Fergus Finlay, chief executive of Barnardos, on October 28; Eamonn Fallon, chief executive of Daft Media on November 11; with Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams rounding off the current series on December 2. Legends: Leslie Buckley, left, and broadcaster Eamon Keane Picture: Patrick OLeary AER LINGUS will be sunk within a year if radical action is not taken immedi- ately, one of its directors said yesterday. Leslie Buckley conceded that the former State carrier is in chaos and is on course to run out of money by this time next year. Mr Buckley made the comments in an interview with broadcaster Eamon Keane as the latest speaker in the Legends in Your Lunchtime series, presented by Metro, Newstalk 106-108fm and Nation- al College of Ireland. Aer Lingus had a year ago 800mil- lion; it now has only 440million. It doesnt take a genius to see that if we keep going like that, were going to be out of cash in a 12-month period, he said. He said international airlines compara- ble to Aer Lingus had much bigger cash sources, but much smaller burn rates. We have no option but to take pretty radical action, he said, and added that a plan would be implemented soon. While he would not be drawn on any details, he said cutting jobs was not a part of it nor was selling to rival airline Ryanair. I certainly wouldnt want to be living in a country with just one airline, a monopoly; then wed see where the rates go, he said. Airline could face collapse within year BY ROSS McDONAGH index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html