Trimble accused of peace process ‘blunder’

The Sinn Fein leadership today accused David Trimble of making a massive blunder in rejecting General John de Chastelain’s determination that the IRA had started a process of decommissioning.

As the British and Irish Governments struggled to save the Good Friday Agreement and the future of the troubled peace process, Martin McGuinness said the Ulster Unionist leader had made a grievous error of judgment.