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- ↑ Sunday Business Post 'Locked away for the public good' Teri Griffin, 5 November 1995
- ↑ Irish Times ‘Plans to convert former Debtors Prison into flats’, 5 December 1991
- ↑ Irish Times ‘Debtors’ Prison makes welcome return’ 19 August 1992
- ↑ Sunday Business Post 'Locked away for the public good' Teri Griffin, 5 November 1995