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- ↑ "Tomorrow never dies, but VIPs live for today". Sunday Tribune . 16 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Andrea gives Ryan some dog's abuse". Irish Independent. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2009.