Day 189 - 20 Nov 95 - Page 02

     
     1                                      Monday, 20th November, 1995
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The other case I have to deal with has been
     4        fixed for Wednesday and Thursday, 13th and 14th December.
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     6   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  I am just sorting myself out here.  We
     7        would like to call our witness.
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     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which witness are you going to call first?
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    11   MR. MORRIS:  Anne Casey, formally Anne Holmes.
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    14                         ANNE MARIE CASEY, sworn
    15                       Examined by the Defendants
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    17   MR. MORRIS:  Could you give the court your full names, please?
    18        A.  My name is Anne Casey, Anne Marie Casey.
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    20   MR. MORRIS:   Could you speak up when you talk?  That does not
    21        magnify your voice.
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    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Forget the microphone; it does not help us
    24        hear.  Speak out into the middle of the court loud and
    25        clear, please; and do not go too fast.
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    27   THE WITNESS:   OK.
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    29   MR. MORRIS:  There is some water for you, as well, if you want.
    30        Where do you live?
    31        A.  I live in Wexford, County Wexford.
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    33   Q.   In Ireland?
    34        A.  In Ireland.
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    36   Q.   You were involved with the March 1979 dispute at McDonald's
    37        in Dublin, were you?
    38        A.  Yes, I was.
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    40   Q.   If we just go back to a little bit of history, personal
         history:  when you left school, did you work as a cashier
    42        at Woolworth's?
    43        A.  Yes.  I worked there for a number of years, four years,
    44        before taking up employment with McDonald's.
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    46   Q.   Right.  When you worked at McDonald's, did you start
    47        before, in fact, the first store opened?
    48        A.  Yes, before the first store opened, they recruited
    49        their staff; and I think we were brought in for a week or
    50        two of training before the stores actually opened.  So 
    51        I worked there from the beginning. 
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    53   Q.  That was Grafton Street branch?
    54        A.  That was the Grafton Street store.  That was the first
    55        store McDonald's opened up.
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    57   Q.   Just to go on from when you left McDonald's, what you have
    58        been doing since.  Where did you go to first after you left
    59        McDonald's, after in fact -- well, we will come to how you
    60        left McDonald's -- but when you left?