Trimble: Blair must nail down IRA on disarmament

Tony Blair must nail down the IRA on a commitment to fully disarm and end paramilitarism if Northern Ireland’s Assembly is to return, it was urged today.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble told his party’s annual conference in Newcastle, Co Down, the British Prime Minister had missed an opportunity at talks in September to find out exactly what the Provisionals were prepared to do to revive power sharing at Stormont.