Kavanagh award presented

Mr Tony Blair's press attache has a poet in the family, it emerged yesterday. Mr Alistair Campbell, who accompanied Mr Blair to Dublin last week, is brother-in-law of this year's Patrick Kavanagh poetry award winner. Mrs Carmel Fitzsimons (37) a mother-of-four from Hilltown, near Castlepollard, Co Westmeath, was presented with the literary award at a ceremony in the village of Inniskeen, Co Monaghan. The award, which includes a cheque for £1,000, is offered annually by the Patrick Kavanagh Society.