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Byline: Dean Godson DAVID Trimble was the first leader of Unionism during the Troubles to do a deal with the Republican tormentors of his community and he always preferred the [...]

February 1997 Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick, of the Royal Horse Artillery, shot dead by an IRA sniper in Bessbrook, Co Armagh April 1998 British and Irish governments outline the Good […]

Visceral loathing and raw glee -- lively elements in most Northern Ireland election counts -- were present in unusually high quantities in Upper Bann on Friday, when David Trimble, the […]

DAVID Trimble became the most prominent casualty of the general election last night as his Ulster Unionist Party was devastated in Northern Ireland. Mr Trimble, a Nobel Peace laureate and […]

DAVID Trimble, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of the Ulster Unionists for the last 10 years, is fighting a desperate battle to hang on to his seat in […]

DUBLIN -- David Trimble's Ulster Unionist party has pulled out of crucial talks in Belfast in protest at the government's failure to expel Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing. The [...]

DAVID TRIMBLE cuts a solitary figure in his tiny back office in the House of Commons. A few corridors away, Sinn Fein members luxuriate in an expansive suite of rooms, […]

Byline: David McKittrick Ireland Correspondent THE REV Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein yesterday emerged triumphant victors in Northern Ireland's electoral combat, leaving the centre parties grievously [...]

THE Good Friday Agreement, designed to bring lasting peace to Northern Ireland, was in danger of collapse last night with the victory of Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party in elections […]

David Trimble was putting a brave face yesterday on this week's dramatic election result which saw him lose his place as the leader of unionism to Ian Paisley, his hardline [...]

BELFAST -- Northern Ireland looks set for political deadlock with the parties of the two extremes emerging as the big winners in this week's election to a new power-sharing assembly. [...]

Byline: Tom Hundley LONDON _ The Good Friday peace agreement suffered a bruising setback with this week's electoral victories by Rev. Ian Paisley's hard-line Democratic Unionist Party and its polar [...]

Byline: Tom Hundley BELFAST, Northern Ireland _ Although final results will not be known until Friday, early exit polls from Northern Ireland's Assembly elections suggest slim victories for Sinn Fein [...]

For a politician whom many believe never wanted to be in the Northern Ireland assembly - let along become first minister - David Trimble is an unlikely champion of the [...]

The battle for seats for the November 26 NorthernIre-land assembly elections is in full swing. But few predict the outcome will lead to the early restoration of theprovince's power-sharing government. [...]

DUBLIN -- David Trimble last night acknowledged the likelihood that next month's Northern Ireland assembly election would go ahead without a deal between his Ulster Unionist party and Sinn Fein [...]

Byline: Jim Dee BELFAST, Northern Ireland - As last Tuesday dawned, pundits were forecasting it would be among the most memorable days in recent Irish history. It was - but […]

Northern Ireland's delayed elections will take place on November 26 regardless of yesterday's last-minute hitch, British officials said yesterday. Tony Blair set the date for fresh assembly elections in the [...]

DUBLIN -- David Trimble warned the government yesterday against calling fresh Northern Ireland assembly elections if his party and Sinn Fein were unable to resolve the issue of the disbandment [...]

Tony Blair struck a characteristically upbeat note yesterday despite an inconclusive end to Downing Street talks aimed at restoring power-sharing to Northern Ireland. However, his officials were noticeably less positive, [...]

Byline: David McKittrick THE AUTHORITIES look likely to call new elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly early next week, with last-minute efforts continuing over the weekend to reach agreement between [...]

THE ULSTER Unionist Party leader, David Trimble, raised the stakes in the Northern Ireland peace process yesterday by threatening to block a new devolved government being formed in Belfast. He [...]

NORTHERN IRELAND, once famous as the place where most politicians refused to talk to one another, has become almost a model for dialogue and discussion where nearly everybody talks to [...]

David Trimble, the Ulster Unionist leader, warned yesterday the IRA would have to 'jump first' if there was to be a deal restoring devolution to Northern Ireland. Echoing the formula [...]

DUBLIN -- David Trimble, the Ulster Unionist leader, has walked out of Northern Ireland's multi-party talks in protest at a leaked Irish government document acknowledging that the IRA is still [...]