Former MP, Frank McManus said everyone, including the Loyalists, suspected that England wished to disentangle herself from Ireland ...

When local government in Northern Ireland, ruled by unionists, was abolished in 1972 a loyalist paramilitary group called the UDA emerged. The 'Provos' emerge when the IRA fails to protect ...

Despite constant harassment by Loyalists (Protestant Unionists prepared to use armed struggle to maintain Northern Ireland’s status within the United Kingdom) led by Major Ronald Bunting (1924 ...

“Significant health warnings” may need to attach to an ombudsman’s finding of “collusive behaviours” by the RUC in a series ...

A former police officer is to be prosecuted for murder following an investigation into killings in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. The decision comes after an investigation by the policing watchdog ...

a religiously mixed estate that would become a fiercely loyalist area. One of Northern Ireland's most famous sons, footballer George Best, grew up on a housing estate in east Belfast called Cregagh.

Loyalist gun runner Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine took part in a UVF show of strength while on bail for firearms offences. Irvine was pictured standing with around 1,500 loyalists in formation at a ...