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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

‘Proud to serve’: the politician who swapped Stormont for a pub

Rachel Woods outside the Dirty Duck Alehouse and restaurant in Holywood, Northern Ireland.
Rachel Woods outside the Dirty Duck Alehouse and restaurant in Holywood, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Rachel Woods

When Rachel Woods lost her seat in Northern Ireland’s assembly election she returned to a job she knew and loved: working in a pub.

The 33-year-old Green party representative had cooked, scrubbed and pulled pints since she was a teenager and saw no shame in doing so again.

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