Red Hand Commando
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Foster accuses Coveney of ignoring ‘deep’ unionist concerns
- Irish News
- March 4, 2021, 19:51
The North’s First Minister accused the Minister for Foreign Affairs of “ignoring” unionists and called on him to reflect on his language as the politi(...)

Former loyalist paramilitaries call for ‘rational’ talks on Northern Ireland protocol
- Irish News
- February 13, 2021, 01:00
A community organisation which represents former loyalist paramilitaries has called for “calm and rational” engagement to lower tensions and solve iss(...)

Family of man murdered in 1976 says Garda Commissioner will re-examine case
- Crime & Law
- December 2, 2019, 16:10
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has given commitments to re-examine the case of a man shot dead more than 40 years ago in a suspected loyalist paramili(...)

Unionist forum ‘urgently needed’ in response to calls for Irish unity
- Politics
- October 12, 2019, 16:03
An all-embracing unionist forum is urgently needed in response to calls for a Border poll on Irish unity, delegates at the Progressive Unionist Party’(...)

‘We had a tiger by the tail’: The forgotten loyalists of the peace process
- Politics
- October 12, 2019, 01:00
Twenty-five years on, Gary McMichael, who led the Ulster Democratic Party when loyalist paramilitaries declared a ceasefire, believes that a generatio(...)

IRA 1994 ceasefire: Did London and unionism miss an opportunity?
- Irish News
- August 31, 2019, 06:00
The Provisional IRA called its ceasefire 25 years ago on this date (August 31st, 1994). There might be a memory that after more than 3,000 deaths, of (...)

Blair and Ahern urge governments to end NI impasse
- Politics
- April 10, 2018, 01:01
The British and Irish governments have been urged to devote greater energy to resolving the impasse in Northern Ireland by former taoiseach Bertie Ahe(...)

Loyalist paramilitaries make statement rejecting criminality
- Politics
- April 9, 2018, 15:45
The father of a man murdered by the UVF has dismissed a statement from loyalist paramilitaries rejecting criminality as “nonsense”. Victims campaigne(...)

How will the DUP exercise its new-found power?
- Politics
- June 17, 2017, 01:00
Arlene Foster must be feeling rather like Liberace. Remember when he was derided for his camp flamboyance and his ersatz piano renditions of the class(...)

Loyalist paramilitary support for unionists prompts debate clashes
- Irish News
- June 6, 2017, 22:32
The row over loyalist paramilitary support for unionist candidates prompted a number of clashes when senior politicians from the five main parties eng(...)