Ulster Defence Association
Many loyalists are desperate to leave – the only thing stopping some is a £5,000 ‘exit fee’
The UDA waives the charge if someone finds religion so it has reportedly been spying on churches for confirmation
‘There’s so much change’: Young Spencer on finding common ground with Kneecap in Belfast
Rapper says music is bringing young people together in Northern Ireland and talks about how his association with nationalist rap trio ‘divides opinion’
Johnny Adair given weapons by shadowy Ulster Resistance group, new book reveals
Group once led by Ian Paisley smuggled ‘vast quantities’ of weapons from Lebanon, it is alleged
Journalist John Ware on the Troubles: ‘The conflict is still being slugged out’
The veteran broadcaster on revealing a 40-year-old ‘secret’ and the necessity of moral compromise in the Northern Ireland conflict
Gardaí renew appeal on 35th anniversary of Edward Fullerton murder
Donegal Sinn Féin councillor was shot dead at his home in Buncrana in 1991
Three arrested following police searches in Belfast investigating UDA-linked criminality
Two men and a woman were detained by the Paramilitary Crime Task Force, PSNI says
Loyalist paramilitaries ‘community workers by day, terrorists at night’ – former PSNI chief
George Hamilton tells Westminster how loyalists are behaving in ‘same coercive, controlling way’
PSNI dismissed claims loyalist Jim ‘Doris Day’ Gray was informant
Police told officials death had been ‘settling of personal scores’ by ‘some of his many enemies’
UK foreign minister called for earlier end to ‘counterproductive’ Sinn Féin broadcast ban
Douglas Hurd, who had introduced restrictions himself, felt six-year ban was ‘object of some derision’
‘We should all be ashamed’: Ex-loyalist paramilitary sees North’s future in a ‘New Ireland’
Former UDA member David Adams says loyalist ‘lurch to the right’ plus rise in racism and sectarianism in Northern Ireland compel him to speak out
The last Catholic family in a Belfast housing development plagued by intimidation
A disabled woman, her husband and daughter are living in fear of sectarian attack in what was supposed to be their dream home
Sectarian intimidation in north Belfast linked to UDA, says police commander
No intelligence to suggest UDA leadership sanctioned incidents, PSNI says
A calculated game: the latest attempt to persuade NI paramilitaries to disband
Amid scepticism and trepidation, the British and Irish governments are about to try again to convince loyalist and dissident republican groups to quit paramilitarism
Chance to end the scourge of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland cannot be lost again
London’s abdication of social and political responsibility has fuelled sense of loss in loyalist areas
Brian Rowan: the ‘long and difficult journey’ to decommissioning in the North
Twenty years after the IRA declared its war was over, previously unseen documents from Brian Rowan’s personal archive tell the story of the hard road to peace
‘It makes us look like Neanderthals’: UDA leader laments loyalist street violence but sees role for ‘paramilitary influence’
The complete disbandment of loyalist paramilitaries would leave a dangerous vacuum, argues Jackie McDonald
‘Isn’t it brilliant’ a mother says, photographing her children at the bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat
Police Service of Northern Ireland investigates ‘hate crime’ following reports of material atop bonfire
Schoolchildren at Holy Cross and Shankill traumatised by harassment and feuds in early 2000s
UDA factional feud had impact in strongly loyalist area at same time as north Belfast Catholic children faced attack
Loyalist paramilitaries’ increased professionalisation in early 1990s concerned Dublin, State papers reveal
One loyalist aroused suspicion after arriving to an RUC station freshly showered, as he was ‘not known for his regular bathing habits’
More should have been done to protect assassinated lawyer Rosemary Nelson, British officials later accepted
Lawyer Rosemary Nelson had reported many death threats and instances of harassment to the RUC before she was killed by a loyalist car bomb in 1999
Why are unionist politicians shy of challenging loyalism?
It is an absurdity that Winston Irvine missed his graduation from Maynooth with a masters in “international peacebuilding” because of a court appearance connected to the UVF bomb hoax on Simon Coveney
The quiet campaigner: Geraldine Finucane on her 35-year fight for justice for her husband Pat
The wife of Pat Finucane has always been intensely private. At 74, she reflects on life as she and her family prepare for a public inquiry into his murder
Thirty years on from ceasefire, loyalist communities remain ignored, poor and threatened from within
‘People try to make distinctions between a good paramilitary and a bad paramilitary. A good paramilitary might be somebody who sells coke on a Saturday night. A bad paramilitary would be somebody who’s dealing heroin’
British government orders inquiry into murder of Pat Finucane by UDA
Solicitor was shot dead in Belfast home in February 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries in attack found to have involved state collusion
How the public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane got over the line
Timeline: From Belfast solicitor’s earliest days in public eye to his death at hands of UDA - and his family’s decades-long search for justice
Migrant communities in Belfast ‘feel a fear of the like I have not seen in over 40 years of policing’
False narratives are rife as big problems such as lack of social housing are unfairly pinned on tiny migrant communities
‘It was 24 hours a day of hatred’: whiskey distillery on Crumlin Road Gaol site stirs memories of the Troubles
The former prison, which housed 2,000 republicans and loyalists at the height of the Troubles, is now home to stills that can make 610,000 litres of whiskey
‘As I opened our bedroom door, there was a neighbour going past. She had blood on her hands’
Sisters recall murder of father Terry McDaid in their home in Belfast in 1988. His case is one of 36 inquests halted by UK government’s controversial Legacy Act
Sinn Féin’s Troubles apology may be flawed, but silence from London has been deafening
‘Some were terrible, some were essentially excuses,’ says Prof Kieran McEvoy of the Apologies, Abuses and Dealing with the Past project
New inquests ordered into loyalist paramilitary murders of five Catholic men more than 30 years ago
North’s attorney general orders fresh inquests due to ‘deficiencies’ in the original hearings and investigation
‘Everybody has their own terrorist. The British army are mine,’ says Fiona
Television: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland gives a voice to those who lived through the bombings and the shootings of the Troubles
Row erupts over Foster talks with Loyalist Communities Council
Sharp exchanges in Assembly between DUP First Minister and senior Sinn Féin politician
UK must ‘step up’ on Pat Finucane murder inquiry – Taoiseach
Vested interests in suppressing truth in British intelligence and Provisional IRA says Martin
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