Irish Rail manager who said he was left reading papers after €121,000 job ‘hacked down to nothing' withdraws whistleblower claim
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The Irish Independent: Irish Rail manager who said he was left reading papers after €121,000 job ‘hacked down to nothing' withdraws whistleblower claim
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