‘Public confidence needed’ for progress on peace

ACHIEVING progress in the Northern Ireland peace process requires public confidence in the IRA’s decommissioning, Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble said yesterday.

The collapse of last week’s deal was not a conspiracy but a cock-up, said the former NI first minister.

As the Irish and British Governments maintained contacts with the Northern Ireland parties over the weekend, the blame game over last week’s fiasco at Hillsborough Castle also continued.