Ulster Unionists will boycott any new coalition government in Northern Ireland that includes Sinn Féin, party leader David Trimble pledged today.

Tony Blair must nail down the IRA on a commitment to fully disarm and end paramilitarism if Northern Ireland’s Assembly is to return, it was urged today.

THE Ulster Unionist Party must put its own house in order or face political extinction, a party strategist warned last night.

Unionist demands for the IRA to be wound up can be met as soon as they give a pledge to share power in Northern Ireland, Gerry Adams stressed today.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today accused of trying to undermine efforts to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble will continue to face calls to stand down even if he wins today’s leadership battle, South Antrim MP David Burnside claimed today.

An Ulster Unionist who is bidding to oust David Trimble from the party leadership urged 13 Assembly members today to back his challenge.

ULSTER UNIONIST leader David Trimble yesterday suffered a setback when almost half of his Northern Ireland Assembly group backed a letter querying whether he should stay at the party helm.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble will face a leadership challenge if he refuses to stand down within days, he was warned tonight.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today suffered a setback when almost half of his Northern Ireland Assembly group backed a letter querying whether he should remain at the helm of the party.

Beleaguered David Trimble tonight faced the threat of a new leadership challenge without the support of his deputy after he was accused of losing the trust and confidence of his troubled and hopelessly split Ulster Unionist Party.

David Trimble today faced demands from MP David Burnside to step down as Ulster Unionist leader next month.

The British government faced unionist demands tonight that Sinn Féin should be excluded from talks to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly.

David Trimble vowed today to rebuild his Ulster Unionist Party following damaging defections to Ian Paisley’s DUP.

A Northern Ireland MP who switched parties came under more pressure today to resign his Westminster seat and seek a new mandate from voters.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today challenged a former colleague to resign his Westminster seat and face the electorate following his defection to a rival party.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble should quit while the going is good, his main rival the Rev Ian Paisley claimed today.

THE Ulster Unionists will emerge stronger in tomorrow’s make-or-break Assembly Election in the North, leader David Trimble predicted last night.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today heckled during an assembly election visit to Antrim.

Sinn Féin will occupy either the First or Deputy First Minister’s post in the next power-sharing government at Stormont, Martin McGuinness claimed tonight.

Ulster Unionists tonight cancelled a meeting of the 900-member ruling council scheduled for this week because of the lack of progress in the peace process.

Next month’s Northern Ireland Assembly election seems likely to take place without a deal to restore power sharing, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble admitted tonight.

Politicians in Northern Ireland were today anxiously waiting to learn if there will be moves over the next five days involving unionists and republicans to secure a pre-Christmas Assembly election.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today called on republicans to signal they are planning to end all involvement in paramilitary activity.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today due to hold his fifth face-to-face meeting with Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams as efforts to revive the Northern Ireland Assembly continued.

Unionists will have a clear choice at the next Assembly election between more concessions to republicans or an opportunity to shape Northern Ireland’s future, they were told tonight.

The British and Irish governments were urged today to quickly “iron out” problems over a proposed sanctions body for parties which are in breach of the Good Friday Agreement.

Hard-line Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson would not be drawn on his future as colleagues gathered for a crucial showdown of the party’s ruling council this evening.

Rioting at Belfast’s sectarian flashpoints this summer could help destroy efforts to restore the North’s power sharing government by October, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble warned today.

ULSTER Unionist Party members were reviewing their security yesterday after a mail bomb sent to leader David Trimble partially exploded.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today meeting Prime Minister Tony Blair for the first time since republicans attempted to clarify a confidential IRA statement on the future of the peace process.

Republicans are now facing “crunch time” over the IRA’s future, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble insisted today.

The current negotiations in the Northern Ireland peace process have failed because of unionist cowardice, it was claimed today.

Sinn Fein and David Trimble clashed today after the Ulster Unionist leader said the IRA’s statement fell “a long way” short of what was needed to restore devolution.

THE British and Irish governments were right to withhold their blueprint for the Northern Ireland peace process as republicans refused to face up to their responsibilities, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said yesterday.

The IRA was under renewed pressure tonight to end its campaign of violence as US President George W Bush arrived in Northern Ireland to urge politicians and paramilitaries to go the extra mile for peace.

The invasion of Iraq by US and UK-led forces could have the same consequences as the British occupation of Ireland, a leading Sinn Fein figure said today.

David Trimble’s Ulster Unionist Party was today facing allegations that it produced bogus electoral registration forms in Northern Ireland.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is likely to stay away from round table talks this week to revive devolution in Northern Ireland, party sources indicated today.

The IRA “juggernaut” has been halted in Northern Ireland and Sinn Fein “hollowed out,” Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has claimed.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to hold talks at Downing St with Sinn Fein leaders today as efforts continued to bring back devolution to Northern Ireland.

A party linked with loyalist paramilitaries tonight pulled out of talks to restore devolution in Northern Ireland because it claimed it was being shut out of the negotiations.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today at the centre of a fresh row over comments about the Irish Republic.

Ulster unionists must address the contradiction of Sinn Féin being in Government in Northern Ireland while the IRA is active on the streets, hard line MP Jeffrey Donaldson claimed today.