Yet another TV programme this week on endemic loyalist paramilitarism, but this one was different.It showed conclusively that ...

As part of the investigation, Spotlight interviewed a senior UVF member. "At one stage, the east Belfast battalion was the strongest, most capable and best armed," he said.

1912: The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is formed to oppose Home Rule. 1966: The UVF is banned after killing members of the IRA 1971: The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is formed as an umbrella ...

The UVF insisted that the UDA be excluded from an initiative to forge peace talks between loyalists and the IRA, state papers have revealed. Tuesday, 25 March 2025 ePaper ...

Sinister warning comes as DUP ministers meet UVF, UDA and RHC umbrella group. The Irish News (US) Loyalist paramilitary groups ‘waiting on a time when they may be called upon ...

The UDA leadership has refused to distance itself from its Shankill Road unit and insisted that it remains an "integral part" of the paramilitary organisation. In a statement, the UDA said ...

It is reported that members of the UDA and the UVF have met representatives of the Loyalist paramilitaries involved in the feud on the Shankill Road in Belfast.

Martin Quinn believes members of the UDA were behind his brother's murder Mediators have been speaking to the leadership of South East Antrim UDA about abandoning paramilitarism, sources have told ...

The UVF insisted that the UDA be excluded from an initiative to forge peace talks between loyalists and the IRA, state papers have revealed.The loyalist grouping claimed its rival would derail the ...

It is reported that members of the UDA and the UVF have met representatives of the Loyalist paramilitaries involved in the feud on the Shankill Road in Belfast. skip to main content.

Mediators have been speaking to the leadership of South East Antrim UDA about abandoning paramilitarism, sources have told BBC Spotlight. The group has become notorious for its involvement in ...

Thirty years after the ceasefires, the South East Antrim UDA talks could be viewed as momentum for transition away from paramilitarism among the loyalist groups.