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Sat 03 Mar 2003Blonde ambition
Profile Emily O'Reilly: Emily O'Reilly may have enjoyed a high-flying media career but she now faces a far different set of challenges as Ombudsman, writes Mark Brennock, Chief Political Correspondent
The response of Emily O'Reilly's fellow journalists this week to her appointment as the next Ombudsman and Information Commissioner was one of "shock and awe". Very few of them instantly exclaimed with pleasure and approval about the news. More typically, they paused and then struggled to compose a measured response that didn't sound grudging. Many failed in this regard.
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