Trimble will seek office if IRA disarms

David Trimble will seek the office of Northern Ireland First Minister again if the IRA starts to disarm, the Ulster Unionist leader has indicated.

The Upper Bann MP, who stepped down as First Minister of the power-sharing executive in July in protest at the lack of movement on IRA decommissioning, signalled in Washington last night in the event of disarmament: ‘‘It would be my intention to take office’’.