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Letter from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs to Mrs Annie Marie Kehoe, Donnycarney, County Dublin, 22 February 1933, relating to her request for the reinstatement of her husband in the Civil Service. 'The Minister asks me to explain that as the Reinstatement Committee set up to deal with cases of victimised Civil Servants, arrived at the conclusion that your husband's claim could not be admitted, he has no power to reinstate your husband in an established position'.

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Hand-written letter from Anny Marie Keogh, Donnycarney, County Dublin, to Mrs de Valera, 10 February 1933, requesting financial assistance for her husband and family. She outlines the family's circumstances in detail. 'I would be ever so grateful to you as a Bavarian woman born Catholic and mother of 6 small children ... since we returned from Bavaria over 6 months ago and my husband not having found work'.

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Copy letter to Mrs Anny Marie Keogh, Donnycarney, County Dublin, signature unclear, 15 February 1933, acknowledging receipt of her letter to Mrs de Valera in which she outlined her family's financial circumstances. 'It is regretted that it is not practicable to take any steps in this Department with regard to Mr Boyle Keogh's application for reinstatement in the Civil Service'.

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Copy letter to the Secretary, Department of Finance, unsigned, 29 November 1933, relating to the establishment of a news agency by the Irish Government to 'supply authentic news of Irish events to the foreign press'. It states that the staff should include a Junior Executive Officer and a Shorthand-Typist.

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Letter from the Department of Finance to the Secretary, Department of the President, 12 December 1933, relating to the establishment of a national press bureau. 'It will be staffed as follows: 1 Director, 1 Junior Executive Officer and 1 Shorthand-Typist'.

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Copy letter from MOM to the Secretary, Department of Finance, 1 May 1940, relating to the staffing of the Government Information Bureau. 'It is proposed to transfer from the Broadcasting Service a Clerical Officer, Miss M Purtill, who it is believed possesses the necessary qualifications'.

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Letter from the Department of Finance to the Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, 10 May 1940, relating to the staffing of the Government Information Bureau. The letter states that the Minister for Finance is not in agreement with the decision to appoint Miss Purtill, a Clerical Officer to the position of Junior Executive within the Bureau. 'His approval for her transfer to the Bureau could only be given on the condition that the vacant post would be regraded as a post of Clerical Officer'.

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Note from P O'Cinneide to the Accountant, Department of Finance, 14 May 1940, informing him that Miss M Kinsella, Junior Executive Officer in the Government Information Bureau resigned from the service. 'She has been replaced by Miss M Purtill, Clerical Officer, who was formerly serving in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs'.

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Letter from LM Fitzgerald to the Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, 15 March 1957, concerning the remuneration of the post of Director of the Government Information Bureau. The salary scale for the post is outlined as follows: Man £1300 to £1465 and Woman £1130 to £1300.

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Copy letter from LM Fitzgerald to the Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, 30 November 1960, regarding staffing arrangements in the Government Information Bureau. It refers in particular to the proposed promotion of Miss Mary Anne Purtill to the post of Assistant within the Bureau.

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