THE European Union was joined by the United States yesterday in imposing sanctions on Belarus in retaliation for a crackdown on political protesters after an election that both said was fraudulent.

SO we now effectively have a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael/Labour president thanks to the main parties’ obedient county councillors and Oireachtas members (except for a brave few) who took dictation from Bertie, Enda and Pat.