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Pat O'Toole

Political correspondent
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Pat O'Toole is a news reporter and political correspondent with the Irish Farmers Journal since 2007. In this capacity, all types of stories and issues across sectors are covered. He also works a tillage farm in Ferns Co Wexford.

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