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- ↑ Black, Rebecca (4 September 2013). "Sinn Fein's Tom Hartley departs Belfast City Hall as 'a much better place'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Sinn Féin's Tom Hartley elected Mayor of Belfast", An Phoblacht , 5 June 2008
- ↑ Belfast City Council Elections 1993-2005, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ The 1994 European elections, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Laura Friel, "A winter's tale", An Phoblacht , 16 December 1999
- ↑ Written in Stone, Belfast City Council
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