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1 other way short of actually losing employment; and there is
2 the question of low pay.
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4 I would urge you to consider whether, having had all the
5 evidence we have had so far, it is really worth
6 cross-examining Mr. Mehigan about that when you are coming
7 very soon, actually, to call active evidence of your own on
8 the topics. Think about how much you add to your case by
9 asking Mr. Mehigan questions like that, when you have quite
10 a lot of evidence and McDonald's witnesses have said what
11 they have to say about it. I am literally waiting to hear
12 what your witnesses have to say.
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14 MS. STEEL: That was all I was going to ask about breaks, but
15 there is a specific reason for performance reviews, and
16 I will be coming back to it shortly.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have said it now before the break, because
19 it seems to me that you could restrict your
20 cross-examination to those three topics which I have
21 enumerated to good effect, without losing anything, and
22 probably to more effect so far as the advancements of the
23 proceedings are concerned. Then I will hear what your
24 witnesses have to say. I will come back at five to 12.
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26 (Short adjournment)
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28 MS. STEEL: If you could find the new documents that were
29 served last week, they should be in pink volume XIII B at
30 the back of tab 59A.
31 A. Excuse me, 59?
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33 Q. 59A, tab 59A. The first page, O'Connell Street, three
34 months before the strike. Is that what you have got?
35 A. Yes.
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37 Q. Where were these documents found?
38 A. In one of our files in our office.
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40 Q. What, at Head Office in Ireland?
41 A. At my office.
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43 Q. In your office in Ireland?
44 A. Correct.
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46 Q. Sorry?
47 A. Sorry, yes, that is correct.
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49 Q. Were they in a file relating to the dispute?
50 A. No, they were in a file that -- we were looking for
51 something else and we found it.
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53 Q. When was that, that you found them?
54 A. Last week.
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56 Q. What, the beginning of last week or the end of last week?
57 A. No, the end of last week.
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59 Q. You were not looking for these, you say?
60 A. No. My secretary was looking for something which
