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The former taoiseach's friend and adviser on Cowen’s troubled final years in politics
Grainne Carruth
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He is seldom in Fagans, focuses on peace-related work, and ‘hates’ Micheál Martin
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Tribunal paid €8m in legal fees in last two years, bringing 10-year figure above €20m
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‘Would it not have been better to have shown people a full view of what happened the night Mr Purcell went to visit the Commissioner, to perhaps allow them make their own judgment?’
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Former secretary of Bertie Ahern buys Fianna Fáil building to use as family home
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‘Front-line folk are useful, when an urgent need arises to throw bodies under the bus’
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