Next week is being billed as crunch time for the Haass talks but political reporter John Manley asks whether it's too optimistic to expect a resolution on flags, parades and the past Every time Richard Haass and Meghan O'Sullivan arrive in the north for talks with the self-styled Panel of Parties, one or more commentators appear to temper our expectations of the outcome. The latest was Alex Kane in yesterday's Irish News , who in his own inimitable, cynical style predicted "bags of fudge" from Dr Haass when he departs back across the Atlantic for Christmas. Perhaps that's being [...]