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- ↑ Staff Profile - Michael O'Sullivan School of Humanities - Applied Arts, Waterford Institute of Technology
- ↑ Media Coverage of Launch of SpIRE
- ↑ Spirituality and the Academic Study of Religion in Ireland By Dr. Bernadette Flanagan, News Faculty of Theology, University of Zurich.
- ↑ MA in Applied Spirituality WIT Website.
- ↑ Increase in MA Applicants for Applied Spirituality www.jesuits.eu
- ↑ Interview with Michael O'Sullivan - MA in Applied Spirituality Soul Waves Radio, 27 April 2017.
- ↑ Staff Profile - Michael OSullivan School of Humanities - Applied Arts, Waterford Institute of Technology
- ↑ A New SpIRE has Emerged -Mercy supports new Spirituality Momentum www.sistersofmercy.ie, 2 October 2015.
- ↑ New Spirituality Institute for Research and Education Launched www.jesuits.ie, 2 September 2015.
- ↑ Spire Conferences www.spireconf.com
- ↑ Spirituality in Society and the Professions www.eurospes.org.
- ↑ Technology and Spirituality walking together Jesuits in Europe, www.jesuits.eu
- ↑ Historic Graduation for MA in Spirituality Jesuits in Ireland, 1 November 2017.
- ↑ 2018 Conferring of awards www.wit.ie.