Bereaved families in other legacy litigation suggested it was legally offensive for the PSNI to put similar work related to ...

It may even include creating a paramilitary force, presidential guard or a new special ... Our data on security force personalization in autocracies indicates that when leaders put loyalists in charge ...

UVF chief-of-staff walks his dog without a care in the world — as his paramilitary empire in east Belfast was on the verge of ...

Sectarian leaflets put through letterboxes of homes in a new social housing development in Lisburn are being investigated by ...

Police have allegedly created “a hierarchy of victims” by diverting all available resources to sensitive research for the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, the High Court has been told.

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 ...

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 ...

An Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) mural in support of the loyalist paramilitary group on the wall of a property on the Lower Newtownards Road in east Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA) The body – led by ...

PSNI Chief constable Jon Boutcher has revealed groundbreaking plans to remove paramilitary “displays” - likely to include murals and flags. The PSNI’s most senior officer has also confirmed that he ...

(l to r) Tim O’Connor, Monica McWilliams, John McBurney and Mitchell Reiss described ‘shifting dynamics’ within both republican and loyalist paramilitary groups (Michael McHugh/PA ...