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Breda Wright, Customer Care Manager

Breda Wright is a Customer Care Manager with McDonald's Ireland working in a restaurant in Waterford.  She went back to work in McDonald's having stayed at home to rear her family.  She recently won a very prestigious City and Guilds award, one of only 4 awarded in the country.

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