Trimble issues warning over IRA decommissioning deadline

Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble today warned that there would be "further consequences" should the IRA fail to meet the June deadline for decommissioning its weapons.

The Ulster Unionist leader, who has already suspended Sinn Fein ministers from attending North/South ministerial meetings with their Irish counterparts, said it was of "very great concern" that the republican group had not fulfilled the commitment to disarm it made a year ago.