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• O'Kane, Brian. Starting a business in Ireland - Oak Tree Publishing, 1993, 1995, & 2001. ISBN 1-872853-94-3
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• O'Hearn, Denis. The Atlantic Economy: Britain, the US and Ireland - Manchester University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7190-5974-7
• Burke, Andrew E. Enterprise and the Irish Economy - Oak Tree Press in association with Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, 1995. ISBN 1-86076-004-X

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• Seasonally Adjusted Standarised Unemployment Rates
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