Blair faces pressure on Sellafield

Tony Blair flies to Dublin today to be told by his Irish counterpart that the Sellafield nuclear plant must close.

Bertie Ahern is pressing his case against the site, which the Irish say is polluting the Irish Sea with radioactive waste.

It follows Ireland's unprecedented step this week of buying newspaper advertisements in the UK in a bid to embarrass Mr Blair in to a U-turn.

It is also the first meeting between the two premiers since the IRA's historic start to weapons decommissioning, which put the Northern Irish peace process back on track.