Day 174 - 17 Oct 95 - Page 53


     
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     2   Q.   Earlier.  Would the reason for abolishing the lobby hostess
     3        position at O'Connell Street be the same as it was for
     4        abolishing it at Grafton Street, namely, bad business?
     5        A.  Yes, very definitely.
     6
     7   Q.   Do you have lobby hostesses now?
     8        A.  Yes, we do.
     9
    10   Q.   Do you remember, following the abolition of the two posts
    11        in 1979, do you remember when you reinstated the position
    12        of lobby hostess; do you remember how long after the strike
    13        that happened?
    14        A.  I cannot remember exactly, but -----
    15
    16   Q.   Roughly.
    17        A.  Probably a couple of years.
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    19   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I have no further questions.
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    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  A couple of years?
    22        A.  A couple of years, my Lord, before we reintroduced the
    23        position of hostess.
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    25   MR. RAMPTON:  Perhaps I ought to ask you this:  You said
    26        business was bad during the strike -- I am not going to ask
    27        you what you think the reason for that is; that is,
    28        perhaps, blindingly obvious -- but can I ask you this:  Was
    29        your business in profit before the strike began?
    30        A.  No.
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    32   Q.   How long did it take for your business running these two
    33        restaurants, and then later on other ones, for you to
    34        become profitable?
    35        A.  It took us after the strike about 18 months after that,
    36        approximately.
    37
    38   MR. RAMPTON:  Thank you, Mr. Mehigan.  My Lord, I have no
    39        further questions.
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, thank you, Mr. Mehigan.  Would you like
    42        to go and sit down.
    43
    44                        (The witness withdrew)
    45
    46   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I have with me and, if I may, I will hand
    47        up to your Lordship and for the Defendants now copies of
    48        the incident report form from Epsom relating to Melanie
    49        O'Riordon's accident.  Your Lordship asked us to look for
    50        it the other day and we found it.  If I may just hand those 
    51        in.  Mrs. Brinley-Codd will tell me where it should go. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Should it go behind Mrs. Hall's statement or
    54        somewhere else?
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, that is right, yes; Mrs. Brinley-Codd says
    57        tab 32 in yellow X, behind Annette Hall's statement.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Mrs. Norris.
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