Cast your mind back 10 or 15 years and think of your living room after a big party.

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Cast your mind back to 2001, Ireland, when Walsh faced a similar challenge: taking the reigns at state-owned Aer Lingus.

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Cast your mind back to 1976 when Britain was in the grip of the worst drought of the century and thousands of people were left for hours without water every day.

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