Britain | Sinn Fein
Neck and neck
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IN A horse-mad country like Ireland, you might think Sinn Fein ill-advised to sanction the disruption by the IRA of the Grand National, the world's greatest steeplechase, less than a month before a general election. But to Northern Ireland's Catholics, nationalism is an even greater passion than the National.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Neck and neck”
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