British Prime Minister Tony Blair said this week that there needed to be 'closure' at the Leeds Castle talks. Republicans agree that there does indeed need to be closure on many issues, not least those for which Blair himself is directly responsible. Free article

With serious political, social and economic problems facing the nation, a focus on a bland and boring election campaign to a bland and boring institution is just what Fianna Fáil are hoping for in the aftermath of their worst election result since the 1920s. Free article