Unionists face a 'terrible dilemma'

Ulster Unionists have been left with a ‘‘terrible dilemma’’ about the current political system in Northern Ireland as a result of the British government’s handling of the paramilitary ceasefires, a Stormont minister warned today.

Sir Reg Empey claimed his party was struggling with the morality of sharing power with Sinn Fein under the Good Friday Agreement while the IRA remained active.