Unionists warns on arms ahead of Ulster package release

The Irish and British Governments were poised today to release a "take-it-or-leave-it" package of proposals to prevent the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement.

As Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen prepared to formally launch the proposals at Hillsborough Castle, they were warned by unionists the plan would not work unless there was actual movement by the IRA on arms decommissioning.