McGuinness blames unionists for Northern Ireland crisis

Northern Ireland’s peace process is caught in a “dangerous crisis” because Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble allowed hard liners to set the agenda in recent years, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness claimed today.

In a hard-hitting attack on the Ulster Unionist leader, Mr McGuinness told his party’s annual conference that Mr Trimble reneged on commitments he gave to republicans during crucial peace process negotiations last year.