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- ↑ Coogan, Tim Pat, The IRA, p. 357
- ↑ The Belfast Telegraph, 19 September 1983.
- 1 2 Gareth Gordon, "Murmurs of 'betrayal' over power-sharing", BBC News , 8 December 2006
- ↑ Craigavon Borough Council Elections 1993-2005, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Upper Bann, Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 11 November 2015.
- ↑ "Ulster Unionists win by-election", Belfast Telegraph , 14 January 2010.