Trimble: Sinn Féin ‘in denial’ of real obstacles

SINN Féin’s leadership appears to be in denial about the root problems in the Northern Ireland peace process, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble claimed last night.

Following talks with the Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy at Stormont, the Upper Bann MP accused Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams of "living in cloud-cuckoo-land" over the problems in the process.

The former Stormont First Minister, who lost his title when devolution was suspended last month, said: "I think it is important that we do bear in mind exactly what caused and triggered the present problem, and that was the activities of the Republican Movement.