[2] Philip's mother Susan was a Independent member of Wicklow County Council and a politics tutor at University College Dublin.
[6] After Morrisons CEO Marc Bolland announced his departure to Marks and Spencer in December 2009, Philips was appointed in a surprise move as his replacement in January 2010.
[7] Morrison's comments were backed up by his nephew Chris Blundell, who controls most of the remaining family stake in the supermarket, also told the board it needed rescuing, and welcomed the decision by chairman Sir Ian Gibson to leave the business next year after months of pressure.
[8] In January 2015, Philips was ousted as chief executive of Wm Morrison after several years of poor performance, a halving of profit and a series of strategic U-turns at what was previously one of Britain’s most successful supermarket chains.
[16] Dalton's daa, having presided over multiple days of prolonged queues, more than 1,000 passengers missing a flight in one day[17] and providing no guarantee that such queues would not return[18] was described by Minister of State in the Department of Finance, Seán Fleming as a "reflection of bad management, full stop".
"[20] The decision to fire so many staff was criticised in June 2022 in Dáil Éireann, with deputies claiming that the resultant airport delays had made Ireland in to a "laughing stock".
[21] Philips has three children and is married to Penny Nesbitt, a member of the family who previously owned Arnotts department store, and speaks Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.