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- ↑ ElectionsIreland.org: 1994 European - Leinster First Preference Votes
- ↑ The 1996 Forum Elections: Regional List of Candidates, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ "We will stay in talks - Sinn Féin", BBC News , 19 January 1998
- ↑ "Bhreatnach takes on cultural brief", An Phoblacht , 25 July 2002
- ↑ Roisin de Rosa, "Women in history- Engine of Change", An Phoblacht , 6 November 2003
- ↑ "Boards of North South bodies appointed today", Northern Ireland Executive, 17 December 2007
- ↑ About RTE Archived 25 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine