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- ↑ Ballymena Borough Council councillors Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ DUP man loves Dublin Nuzhound
- ↑ "Casement:Traitor or patriot?" BBC News 6 August 2006 retrieved 5 May 2012
- ↑ Two more councillors leaving DUP BBC News
- ↑ Stirling says back PJ for mayors job Ballymena Times
- ↑ Stirling Grammar school selection not helping grammar Ballymena Times
- ↑ Truth commission will mean 'bodies on streets' The Newsletter