Violence must be abandoned forever, says unionist

Republicans must make clear that the transition from violence to democracy is real and permanent if devolution in Northern Ireland is to return, a senior Ulster Unionist stressed today.

As his party leader David Trimble prepared to meet Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, former Stormont environment minister Dermot Nesbitt said his community was disillusioned not with the Good Friday Agreement but the way in which it had been implemented.