Trimble to boycott 'sham' talks

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is likely to stay away from round table talks this week to revive devolution in Northern Ireland, party sources indicated today.

As efforts to restore the Assembly, power sharing government and other institutions intensified at Stormont, UUP sources believed Mr Trimble would continue to insist that the meeting on Thursday of the British and Irish Governments and Northern Ireland parties was a “sham process“.