Today was to be the day when the gun was to be finally taken out of Irish politics.

Fish has done a great job for us all year. But today just wasn't his day. You can't be perfect every time.

Here we're in an Irish bar, we're celebrating St. Patrick's day and it's smoke free. And it certainly is a good thing for all people that are in here.

There is absolutely no excuse for the disgraceful scenes in Dublin today. It is the essence of Irish democracy and republicanism that people are allowed to express their views freely and in a peaceful manner.

Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or rather the hashish.

We do not know how many guns, the amounts of ammunition, explosives -- nor were we told how the decommissioning was carried out,