Sanctions undermining bid to resolve arms issue

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was warned tonight that his sanctions against Sinn Fein were undermining attempts to resolve the issue of paramilitary disarmament.

Stormont Sinn Fein ministers Martin McGuinness and Bairbre de Brun called on the Northern Ireland First Minister to abide by a High Court judgment declaring his ban on them attending meetings of the North South Ministerial Council unlawful.