MLAs to gather at Stormont in tribute to inaugural first minister David Trimble

MLAs will pay tribute to Lord Trimble at Stormont (Haydn West/PA)

Northern Ireland’s political leaders will return to Stormont later for a special sitting to deliver tributes to Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble.

MLAs will also observe a minute’s silence and sign a book of condolence in memory of one of the key architects of the 1998 Good Friday/Belfast Agreement which ended decades of conflict in Northern Ireland.