Trimble happy to resume First Minister post

Ulster Unionist party leader says he is looking forward to resuming his post as Northern Ireland's First Minister, but only after the issue of decommissioning is resolved.

Trimble happy to resume First Minister post

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble says he is looking forward to resuming his post as Northern Ireland's First Minister, but only after the issue of decommissioning is resolved.

Speaking on UTV this afternoon, he warned he wouldn’t form a new government until the IRA discloses what it decommissioned last month.

Commenting on demands to renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement from the DUP, Mr Trimble says the party's leader Ian Paisley needs to clarify the DUP's policy.

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