Problem with IE when using display:block for links

Question

This is my HTML:

  Link 1
  Link 2
  Link 3
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Answer 1

I have had the same problem and none of the solutions above worked for me. I also needed the background of the links to be transparent.

A very uncomfortable solution, but one that worked perfectly is to set the background to a transparent gif. Only needs to be 1x1 px as it will repeat.

#links a
{
    display: block;
    background: url(/images/interface/blank/1dot.gif);
}

This seems to have no side effects apart from one additional request to the server.