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- ↑ Biographies – John Tierney, Northern Ireland Assembly Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Durkan feels the pressure in Derry Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine ", The Sunday Business Post , 23 February 2003
- ↑ "Durkan welcomes Tierney co-option Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine ", Social Democratic and Labour Party
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