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- ↑ Top 50 Businesswomen
- ↑ Jobslog.ie website: Heraty steps down as boardmember of Anglo
- ↑ Irish Independent website:Heraty quits third board in a week
- ↑ "The Ibec Board- IBEC". www.ibec.ie. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ "Ex-Anglo director Heraty new Ibec head". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 July 2019.