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Thu 06 Jun 2007Simon director says manager did not refer to bias until resignationA black woman manager in the homeless charity Simon had never officially complained about racial or sexual discrimination, a former director of services for the Dublin Simon Community has told a court.Pat Claffey said yesterday he had heard through the grapevine that Tabish Din had provided two board members with a list of grievances and had raised an issue of racial and sexual discrimination at an informal meeting of managers.