People mentioned the election results in Northern Ireland and the general overview expressed by political parties and commentators was that the results were disappointing. There was a demand for elections in the Oireachtas and throughout the body politic in the Irish Republic. The elections were called and they took place; the people of Northern Ireland spoke. We cannot re-run the result of the election no more than we could re-run the result of the general election here 18 months ago, no matter how much some of us would wish to do so.