Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna September 1997, Quirke akasiya chigaro chake muImba yeDare reParamende kuti asarudzwe kuva Seneti, achizadza nzvimbo isina kuzara yakakonzerwa nokurega basa kwaDominic Foreman. Akasarudzwa pachake musarudzo yemubatanidzwa ya1998 uye akazosarudzwa semutevedzeri weti. Quirke akatungamira Select Committee on the Socio-Economic Consequences of the National Competition Policy, iyo yakagadzwa muna 1998 uye yakashuma muna 2000. Akatsigira "Hongu" kuvhota mu
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