Trimble urges IRA men to join Sinn Féin to save peace process

DAVID TRIMBLE yesterday called on all IRA members to quit the paramilitary organisation and join its political wing to save the Northern peace process.

With the power-sharing government lurching into crisis after the Ulster Unionist leader threatened to quit the Stormont administration, he suggested Sinn Féin take in more Provisional volunteers.

Mr Trimble's party has set a January 18 deadline for republicans to guarantee the IRA will be disbanded.