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\"\"Catherine Pierse, an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir Ionch\u00faiseamh Poibl\u00ed, \u00c9ire<\/h2>\n

Ceapadh an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir Ionch\u00faiseamh Poibl\u00ed, Catherine Pierse, an 8 Samhain 2021.<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 taith\u00ed os cionn 20 bliain ag Catherine Pierse mar aturnae cleachtach i raon r\u00f3il dl\u00ed coiri\u00fail agus rial\u00e1la.\u00a0 Thosaigh s\u00ed le hOifig an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ra Ionch\u00faiseamh Poibl\u00ed mar Cheann na Rann\u00f3ige Seirbh\u00eds\u00ed Taca\u00edochta Ionch\u00faisimh in 2018.<\/p>\n

Roimhe seo bh\u00ed r\u00f3il an Cheann Dl\u00ed agus Beartais san \u00dadar\u00e1s P\u00f3il\u00edneachta ag Catherine; Dl\u00edod\u00f3ir Forfheidhmithe Sinsearach i mBanc Ceannais na h\u00c9ireann; agus Comhairleoir Dl\u00ed i gCoimisi\u00fan Ombudsman an Gharda S\u00edoch\u00e1na.<\/p>\n

Cuireadh oideachas uirthi i gCol\u00e1iste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh agus in Ollscoil na Banr\u00edona, B\u00e9al Feirste, ch\u00e1iligh Catherine mar aturnae i 2001.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Catherine Pierse, an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir Ionch\u00faiseamh Poibl\u00ed, \u00c9ire Ceapadh an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir Ionch\u00faiseamh Poibl\u00ed, Catherine Pierse, an 8 Samhain 2021. T\u00e1 taith\u00ed os cionn 20 bliain ag Catherine Pierse mar aturnae cleachtach i raon r\u00f3il dl\u00ed coiri\u00fail agus rial\u00e1la.\u00a0 Thosaigh s\u00ed le hOifig an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ra Ionch\u00faiseamh Poibl\u00ed mar Cheann na Rann\u00f3ige Seirbh\u00eds\u00ed Taca\u00edochta Ionch\u00faisimh in … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13233,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10501","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAn Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir - 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