NI process must guard against IRA - Trimble

Make or break talks to save the Northern Ireland peace process will fail if tough sanctions are not installed to guard against future IRA activity, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble warned tonight.

As Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s latest bid to restore devolution and secure Provisionals’ disarmament intensified, unionists and republicans clashed over demands for future paramilitary activity to be heavily punished.