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'''Maev-Ann Wren''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] economist, journalist, author and former economics editor of the ''[[Irish Times]]'' newspaper. She has written two books about the Irish health system and her writings have often been mentioned during [[Dáil]] and [[Seanad]] debates, and in parliamentary committee. She has been described in the Seanad as "a recognised expert on health care." <ref>[http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0191/S.0191.200810210004.html Seanad Debate]. Senator Ivana Bacik, 21 October 2008. Retrieved: 2010-08-28.</ref>
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'''Maev-Ann Wren''' is an Irish economist, journalist, author, and former special advisor to the [[Minister of State at the Department of Health]], [[Roisin Shortall]].<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|name=Appointment of Special Adviser (Minister of State at the Department of Health) Order 2011|year=2011|type=si|number=586|date=15 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="dail20120418">[http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2012/04/18/00917.asp Written Answers – Ministerial Staff] The Oireachtas. Retrieved: 18 April 2012.</ref> She is the former economics editor of ''[[The Irish Times]]'' newspaper. Wren has written two books about the Irish health system and her writings have often been mentioned during [[Dáil]] and [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]] debates, and in parliamentary committee. She has been described in the Seanad as "a recognised expert on health care."<ref>[http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0191/S.0191.200810210004.html Seanad Debate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235428/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0191/S.0191.200810210004.html |date=20 September 2012 }}. Senator Ivana Bacik, 21 October 2008. Retrieved: 28 August 2010.</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Wren grew up in [[Rathmines]] and attended [[University College Dublin]]. <ref name="ucdnews">[http://www.ucd.ie/ucdnews/nov03/camera.htm Ruby and Silver Jubilarians] UCD News, November 2003. Retrieved: 2010-08-28.</ref> She graduated in 1978 with a [[bachelor's degree]] in history and economics; this was followed by a [[master's degree]] in economics. <ref name="hrb">[http://hrb.silverarm.com/91.php Biographical Sketch: Maev-Ann Wren] Health Research Board, 2006. Retrieved: 2010-08-28.</ref> She was the second female auditor in the history of the university's [[Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)|Literary and Historical Society]] in 1978. <ref>[http://www.studiesirishreview.ie/j/page146 L&H book review]. Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Spring 2006. Retrieved: 2010-02-28.</ref>
Wren grew up in [[Rathmines]] and attended [[University College Dublin]].<ref name="ucdnews">[http://www.ucd.ie/ucdnews/nov03/camera.htm Ruby and Silver Jubilarians] UCD News, November 2003. Retrieved: 28 August 2010.</ref> She graduated in 1978 with a [[bachelor's degree]] in history and economics; this was followed by a master's degree in economics from UCD and a PhD in economics from TCD.<ref name="hrb">[http://hrb.silverarm.com/91.php Biographical Sketch: Maev-Ann Wren] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071309/http://hrb.silverarm.com/91.php |date=16 July 2011 }} Health Research Board, 2006. Retrieved: 28 August 2010.</ref><ref>Economic and Social Research Institute Staff Details {{cite web|url=http://www.esri.ie/staff/view_staff_by_alphabetica/view/index.xml?id%3D2288 |title=Details |accessdate=2013-08-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808045912/http://www.esri.ie/staff/view_staff_by_alphabetica/view/index.xml?id=2288 |archivedate=8 August 2014 }}</ref> In 1978, she became the second female auditor in the history of the university's [[Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)|Literary and Historical Society]].<ref>[http://www.studiesirishreview.ie/j/page146 L&H book review]. Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Spring 2006. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Wren worked at the ''Irish Times'' from 1980 to 2004 where she covered economic, political and social matters and produced an award-winning series of articles. She has reported from Dublin, Belfast and the United States, and worked as a financial reporter, business features editor, economics editor, columnist, editorial writer and senior newspaper editor. She has studied and travelled in the United States on a World Press Institute fellowship, and was a [[Fordham University]] Ethics Center Fellow for 2005. <ref name="hrb"/> <ref name="fordham"/>
Wren worked at ''The Irish Times'' from 1980 to 2004 where she covered economic, political and social matters and produced an award-winning series of articles. She has reported from Dublin, Belfast and the United States, and worked as a financial reporter, business features editor, economics editor, columnist, editorial writer and senior newspaper editor. She has studied and travelled in the United States on a World Press Institute fellowship, and was a [[Fordham University]] Ethics Center Fellow for 2005.<ref name="hrb"/><ref name="fordham"/>


She won the 2001 National Media Award for newspaper analysis and comment for her October 2000 series, ''An Unhealthy State'', on the Irish health system. The following year, she reached the short list for the 2002 National Media Award for Specialist Writer of the Year for her work on a series, ''States of Health'', comparing Irish health care with other countries'. <ref name="fordham">[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/center_for_ethics_ed/people/visiting_lecturers_2_28028.asp Visiting Lecturers: Maev-Ann Wren]. Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, New York. 2004. Retrieved: 2010-02-28.</ref>
She won the 2001 National Media Award for newspaper analysis and comment for her October 2000 series, ''An Unhealthy State'', on the Irish health system. The following year, she reached the short list for the 2002 National Media Award for Specialist Writer of the Year for her work on a series, ''States of Health'', comparing Irish health care with other countries'.<ref name="fordham">[http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/center_for_ethics_ed/people/visiting_lecturers_2_28028.asp Visiting Lecturers: Maev-Ann Wren] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823134321/http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/center_for_ethics_ed/people/visiting_lecturers_2_28028.asp |date=23 August 2010 }}. Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, New York. 2004. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.</ref>


Her first book ''Unhealthy State — Anatomy of a Sick Society'' (2003) examined the crisis in Irish medical care, and described options for reform. Her second book, ''How Ireland Cares — The Case for Health Reform'' (2006) began life as a study of the Irish health system commissioned by the [[Irish Congress of Trade Unions]] in preparation for negotiations with the government. It was written with American health economist Dale Tussing and argued for a universal health insurance system for all in Ireland. <ref name="indo">[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/mary-harney-would-do-well-to-read-this-86836.html Mary Harney would do well to read this]. Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent. July 2, 2006. Retrieved: 2010-02-28.</ref>
Her first book ''Unhealthy State — Anatomy of a Sick Society'' (2003) examined the crisis in Irish medical care, and described options for reform. Her second book, ''How Ireland Cares — The Case for Health Reform'' (2006) began life as a study of the Irish health system commissioned by the [[Irish Congress of Trade Unions]] in preparation for negotiations with the government. It was written with American health economist Professor A. Dale Tussing.<ref name="indo">[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/mary-harney-would-do-well-to-read-this-86836.html Mary Harney would do well to read this]. Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent. 2 July 2006. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.</ref>


Since leaving the ''Irish Times'' in 2004, Wren has conducted independent research and worked towards a PhD in health economics at [[Trinity College Dublin]], while continuing to contribute journalism and reports to ''[[The Sunday Business Post]]'', ''[[Village]]'' magazine and the [[Economic and Social Research Institute]]'s ''[http://www.esri.ie/irish_economy/quarterly_economic_commen/ Quarterly Economic Commentary]''. <ref name="hrb"/> <ref name="fordham"/>
After leaving ''The Irish Times'' in 2004, Wren conducted independent research and graduated with a PhD in [[health economics]] from [[Trinity College Dublin]], while continuing to contribute journalism and reports to ''[[The Sunday Business Post]]'', ''Village'' magazine and the [[Economic and Social Research Institute]]'s ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100902100730/http://www.esri.ie/irish_economy/quarterly_economic_commen/ Quarterly Economic Commentary]''.<ref name="hrb"/><ref name="fordham"/> She was formerly employed as a special advisor to the Labour Party Junior Minister [[Roisin Shortall]] (2011–2012).<ref name="dail20120418" /> She has worked as a researcher at the Centre for Health Policy and Management at TCD (2011–2012) and at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin (2013), where she was a senior research officer from 2014 to her retirement in 2022. She became an adjunct associate professor at the Geary Institute, University College Dublin in 2022.<ref>{{cite web
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Wren is a [[Dubliner]] and is married to Cormac O'Rourke; they have two daughters, Claire and Sorcha. <ref name="newisland">[http://www.newisland.ie/authors/maev-ann-wren Maev-Ann Wren]. New Island. Retrieved: 2010-02-28.</ref> <ref>''Unhealthy State, Preface'' by Maev-Ann Wren. Dublin: New Island, 2003. ISBN 1902602889.</ref>
Wren is a [[Dublin]]er and is married to Cormac O'Rourke; they have two daughters, Claire and Sorcha.<ref name="newisland">[http://www.newisland.ie/authors/maev-ann-wren Maev-Ann Wren] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616122608/http://www.newisland.ie/authors/maev-ann-wren |date=16 June 2011 }}. New Island. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.</ref><ref>''Unhealthy State, Preface'' by Maev-Ann Wren. Dublin: New Island, 2003. {{ISBN|1-902602-88-9}}.</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
* ''Unhealthy State: Anatomy of a Sick Society''. Dublin: New Island, 2003. ISBN 1902602889.
* ''Unhealthy State: Anatomy of a Sick Society''. Dublin: New Island, 2003. {{ISBN|1-902602-88-9}}.
* ''How Ireland Cares: The Case for Health Care Reform''. With A. Dale Tussing. Dublin: New Island, 2006. ISBN 1905494238.
* ''How Ireland Cares: The Case for Health Care Reform''. With A. Dale Tussing. Dublin: New Island, 2006. {{ISBN|1-905494-23-8}}.
* ''Health Spending and the Black Hole''. Article in ESRI's ''Quarterly Economic Commentary'', September 2004.
* ''Health Spending and the Black Hole''. Article in ESRI's ''Quarterly Economic Commentary'', September 2004

==See also==
* [[Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://hrb.silverarm.com/91.php Biographical Sketch: ''Maev-Ann Wren''], Health Research Board.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071309/http://hrb.silverarm.com/91.php Biographical Sketch: ''Maev-Ann Wren''], Health Research Board.
* [http://www.newisland.ie/authors/maev-ann-wren ''Maev-Ann Wren''], New Island Books.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616122608/http://www.newisland.ie/authors/maev-ann-wren ''Maev-Ann Wren''], New Island Books.
* [http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/center_for_ethics_ed/people/visiting_lecturers_2_28028.asp ''Visiting Lecturers: Maev-Ann Wren''], Fordham University.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100823134321/http://www.fordham.edu/academics/office_of_research/research_centers__in/center_for_ethics_ed/people/visiting_lecturers_2_28028.asp ''Visiting Lecturers: Maev-Ann Wren''], Fordham University.
* [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/only-doctors-can-prescribe-492952.html ''Only doctors can prescribe'']. Review of Wrens's first book, ''Unhealthy State''. Dr Maurice Gueret, Sunday Independent.
* [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/only-doctors-can-prescribe-492952.html ''Only doctors can prescribe'']. Review of Wrens's first book, ''Unhealthy State''. Dr Maurice Gueret, Sunday Independent.
* [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/no-remedy-for-our-health-system-ills-212616.html ''No remedy for our health system ills'']. Review of ''Unhealthy State'' by Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent.
* [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/no-remedy-for-our-health-system-ills-212616.html ''No remedy for our health system ills'']. Review of ''Unhealthy State'' by Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent.
* [http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/mary-harney-would-do-well-to-read-this-86836.html ''Mary Harney would do well to read this'']. Review of Wrens's second book, ''How Ireland Cares''. Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent.
* [http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/mary-harney-would-do-well-to-read-this-86836.html ''Mary Harney would do well to read this'']. Review of Wrens's second book, ''How Ireland Cares''. Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent.
* [http://www.newisland.ie/books/non-fiction-politics-current-affairs/unhealthy-state-anatomy-sick-society/9781902602882 ''Unhealthy State'' at New Island Books.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616122651/http://www.newisland.ie/books/non-fiction-politics-current-affairs/unhealthy-state-anatomy-sick-society/9781902602882 ''Unhealthy State'' at New Island Books.]
* [http://www.newisland.ie/books/non-fiction-politics-current-affairs/how-ireland-cares-case-health-care-reform/9781905494231 ''How Ireland Cares'' at New Island Books]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100823215049/http://www.newisland.ie/books/non-fiction-politics-current-affairs/how-ireland-cares-case-health-care-reform/9781905494231 ''How Ireland Cares'' at New Island Books]
* [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=maev-ann+wren Maev-Ann Wren] listing at Google Scholar
* [http://media.tribune.ie/site_media/photologue/photos/2008/Oct/18/cache/MAEV_clip005002_display.jpg Photograph of Maev-Ann Wren].


===Mentions during government debates===
===Mentions during Oireachtas debates===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235552/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0368/D.0368.198607030006.html Estimates, 1986. – Vote 3: Department of the Taoiseach (Revised Estimate)]. Deputy John Kelly, Dáil Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 368, 3 July 1986.

* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0368/D.0368.198607030006.html Estimates, 1986. - Vote 3: Department of the Taoiseach (Revised Estimate)]. Deputy John Kelly, Dáil Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 368, 3 July, 1986.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235624/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0178/S.0178.200411170009.html Health Services: Motion], Senator Joanna Tuffy, Seanad Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 178 – 17 November 2004.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0178/S.0178.200411170009.html Health Services: Motion], Senator Joanna Tuffy, Seanad Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 178 - 17 November 2004.
* [http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=FIJ20051026.xml&Ex=All&Page=5 Tax Reliefs and Exemptions: Presentations]. Mr. Paul Sweeney, Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' 26 October 2005.
* [http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=FIJ20051026.xml&Ex=All&Page=5 Tax Reliefs and Exemptions: Presentations]. Mr. Paul Sweeney, Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' 26 October 2005.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0619/D.0619.200605110015.html Other Questions. - Social Welfare Code]. Deputy Willie Penrose, Dáil Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 619 - 11 May, 2006.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235644/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0619/D.0619.200605110015.html Other Questions. – Social Welfare Code]. Deputy Willie Penrose, Dáil Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 619 – 11 May 2006.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0183/S.0183.200605310008.html Public Hospital Land: Motion]. Senator Fergal Browne. Seanad Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 183 - 31 May, 2006.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235652/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0183/S.0183.200605310008.html Public Hospital Land: Motion]. Senator Fergal Browne. Seanad Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 183 – 31 May 2006.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0630/D.0630.200701240003.html Health Bill 2006: Second Stage]. Deputy Liz McManus, Dáil Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 630 - 24 January, 2007.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120922035340/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0630/D.0630.200701240003.html Health Bill 2006: Second Stage]. Deputy Liz McManus, Dáil Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 630 – 24 January 2007.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0630/D.0630.200702010005.html Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed)], Deputy John Gormley, Dáil Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 630 - 1 February, 2007.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120922035415/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0630/D.0630.200702010005.html Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed)], Deputy John Gormley, Dáil Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 630 – 1 February 2007.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0637/D.0637.200706270026.html Private Members’ Business. - Co-location of Hospitals: Motion], Deputy Michael D. Higgins. Dáil Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 637 - 27 June, 2007.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120922035443/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0637/D.0637.200706270026.html Private Members’ Business. – Co-location of Hospitals: Motion], Deputy Michael D. Higgins. Dáil Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 637 – 27 June 2007.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0191/S.0191.200810210004.html Child Care Services: Statements]. Senator Ivana Bacik, Seanad Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 191 - 21 October 2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235428/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0191/S.0191.200810210004.html Child Care Services: Statements]. Senator Ivana Bacik, Seanad Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 191 – 21 October 2008.
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0192/S.0192.200812120002.html Health Bill 2008: Second Stage]. Senator Ivana Bacik, Seanad Éireann - ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 192 - 12 December, 2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120922035456/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0192/S.0192.200812120002.html Health Bill 2008: Second Stage]. Senator Ivana Bacik, Seanad Éireann – ''Tuairisc Oifigiúil'' Volume 192 – 12 December 2008.

==See also==
* [[Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)]]

==References==
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Maev-Ann Wren
NationalityIrish
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
University College Dublin
GenreNon-fiction

Maev-Ann Wren is an Irish economist, journalist, author, and former special advisor to the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Roisin Shortall.[1][2] She is the former economics editor of The Irish Times newspaper. Wren has written two books about the Irish health system and her writings have often been mentioned during Dáil and Seanad debates, and in parliamentary committee. She has been described in the Seanad as "a recognised expert on health care."[3]

Early life

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Wren grew up in Rathmines and attended University College Dublin.[4] She graduated in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in history and economics; this was followed by a master's degree in economics from UCD and a PhD in economics from TCD.[5][6] In 1978, she became the second female auditor in the history of the university's Literary and Historical Society.[7]

Career

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Wren worked at The Irish Times from 1980 to 2004 where she covered economic, political and social matters and produced an award-winning series of articles. She has reported from Dublin, Belfast and the United States, and worked as a financial reporter, business features editor, economics editor, columnist, editorial writer and senior newspaper editor. She has studied and travelled in the United States on a World Press Institute fellowship, and was a Fordham University Ethics Center Fellow for 2005.[5][8]

She won the 2001 National Media Award for newspaper analysis and comment for her October 2000 series, An Unhealthy State, on the Irish health system. The following year, she reached the short list for the 2002 National Media Award for Specialist Writer of the Year for her work on a series, States of Health, comparing Irish health care with other countries'.[8]

Her first book Unhealthy State — Anatomy of a Sick Society (2003) examined the crisis in Irish medical care, and described options for reform. Her second book, How Ireland Cares — The Case for Health Reform (2006) began life as a study of the Irish health system commissioned by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in preparation for negotiations with the government. It was written with American health economist Professor A. Dale Tussing.[9]

After leaving The Irish Times in 2004, Wren conducted independent research and graduated with a PhD in health economics from Trinity College Dublin, while continuing to contribute journalism and reports to The Sunday Business Post, Village magazine and the Economic and Social Research Institute's Quarterly Economic Commentary.[5][8] She was formerly employed as a special advisor to the Labour Party Junior Minister Roisin Shortall (2011–2012).[2] She has worked as a researcher at the Centre for Health Policy and Management at TCD (2011–2012) and at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin (2013), where she was a senior research officer from 2014 to her retirement in 2022. She became an adjunct associate professor at the Geary Institute, University College Dublin in 2022.[10]

Wren is a Dubliner and is married to Cormac O'Rourke; they have two daughters, Claire and Sorcha.[11][12]

Selected works

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  • Unhealthy State: Anatomy of a Sick Society. Dublin: New Island, 2003. ISBN 1-902602-88-9.
  • How Ireland Cares: The Case for Health Care Reform. With A. Dale Tussing. Dublin: New Island, 2006. ISBN 1-905494-23-8.
  • Health Spending and the Black Hole. Article in ESRI's Quarterly Economic Commentary, September 2004

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Appointment of Special Adviser (Minister of State at the Department of Health) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 586 of 2011). Signed on 15 November 2011. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  2. ^ a b Written Answers – Ministerial Staff The Oireachtas. Retrieved: 18 April 2012.
  3. ^ Seanad Debate Archived 20 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Senator Ivana Bacik, 21 October 2008. Retrieved: 28 August 2010.
  4. ^ Ruby and Silver Jubilarians UCD News, November 2003. Retrieved: 28 August 2010.
  5. ^ a b c Biographical Sketch: Maev-Ann Wren Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Health Research Board, 2006. Retrieved: 28 August 2010.
  6. ^ Economic and Social Research Institute Staff Details "Details". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  7. ^ L&H book review. Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, Spring 2006. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.
  8. ^ a b c Visiting Lecturers: Maev-Ann Wren Archived 23 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University, New York. 2004. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.
  9. ^ Mary Harney would do well to read this. Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent. 2 July 2006. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.
  10. ^ "Maev-Ann Wren". Economic and Social Research Institute. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  11. ^ Maev-Ann Wren Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. New Island. Retrieved: 28 February 2010.
  12. ^ Unhealthy State, Preface by Maev-Ann Wren. Dublin: New Island, 2003. ISBN 1-902602-88-9.
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Mentions during Oireachtas debates

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