THIS is what Bertie Ahern said about the current impasse in Northern Ireland: “If it’s left to the two governments, the two governments will give the leadership and take the decisions, if that’s the way it has to be.”

SINCE it was British sabotage that ended the Stormont Assembly in 2002, the Taoiseach must push for its immediate resumption and for full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, unless he too has abandoned the peace process.