Hardline unionists seek exclusion of Sinn Féin

Hardline unionists have called for Sinn Féin's exclusion from politics in the North following a court decision to overturn the acquittal of the so-called Colombia Three.

A court in the South American nation yesterday decided to jail Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley and James Monaghan for 17 years each for training anti-government rebels.