Connect September 2011

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CWU People

Three Dublin No. 1 members retire after 131 years service!

Pictured from l to r: John Egan (Branch Secretary) Barney Gallagher, Cecil Dean, Jerry Timmins, and Willie Meegan (Branch Chairman)

and retired from the Service Assurance Field Force. Branch Secretary, John Egan, said that Barney, Cecil and Jerry had always been loyal members of the Branch and he thanked them for their support over the years. John also presented them with Union Scrolls, in recognition of their service to the CWU, and wished them and their families a long and happy retirement. And so say all of us!

Two of the Dublin No. 1 Branch’s longest serving members, Barney Gallagher and Cecil Dean, (over forty-six years’ service) and Jerry Timmins (a mere “boy” with 39 years service), joined forces at the Terenure Inn, Dublin, to celebrate their recent retirement from eircom. The three lads were joined on the night by their many friends and colleagues from eircom and the CWU for a great farewell bash. All three had joined the old Post Office Engineering Branch as Technician Trainees,

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