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- ↑ Bishops publish only textbooks that are approved for use in schools by Katherine Donnelly, Irish Independent, April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Lindisfarne Books Open Library Publishers
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- ↑ Veritas Catholic Bishops Conference Website
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- ↑ Editor who took over the Sunday Press at 31 Vincent Jennings Obituary, The Irish Times , Saturday, November 27, 2010.