Accept consequences and weep about a Republican prison (5,3,3)
I believe the answer is:
carry the can
'accept consequences' is the definition.
(to carry the can is to accept blame for something)
'weep about a republican prison' is the wordplay.
'weep' becomes 'cary' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'a republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'prison' becomes 'the can' (informal term for prison).
'cary' going around 'r' is 'carry'.
'carry'+'thecan'='CARRY THE CAN'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carry the can that I've seen before include "Take responsibility for misdemeanour" , "Take responsibility for a misdeed" , "Take responsibility (for mistake) (colloq.)" , "Take the blame" , "accept responsibility for" .)