With a CV boasting stints as the first-ever taxi regulator and leading reform of the workplace relations system, it would be fair to think that Ger Deering had spent his early entire career in and around Leinster House. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Yes, the Ombudsman is at the centre of interactions between citizens and the administration, having received 5,927 complaints from the public last year – a 30-year high, according to his annual report published on Tuesday. But his early career was spent in and around gardens in his native Carlow. “People are often surprised to find…

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