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Loyalist group condemns Co Down attacks as ‘work of competing drug cartels’

The Loyalist Communities Council has blasted a series of attacks on properties in Co Down as the “work of competing drug cartels”. Properties in the Ards and North Down area have been targeted in recent days, including a pipe bomb and several petrol ...

30 Mar 2023 at 13:30

Northern Ireland

Three arrested following wave of attacks linked to UDA feud

Three men have been arrested following a spate of attacks in Co Down which police believe are part of a feud between two UDA drugs gangs. Two men were arrested under the Terrorism Act – a 29-year-old in Newtownards and a 53-year-old in Hillsborough....

28 Mar 2023 at 09:41

Northern Ireland

Public inquiry ordered into collusion-linked murder of solicitor Pat Finucane

The Government has ordered a public inquiry into the collusion-linked loyalist paramilitary murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989. Mr Finucane, 39, was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence ...

11 Sept 2024 at 14:16

Northern Ireland

Paul Givan ‘ignored advice from official’ by meeting loyalist group

Education Minister Paul Givan went against the advice of a department official when he met a group linked to loyalist paramilitaries, MLAs have heard. He told the Assembly that the meeting with the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) was not the ...

11 Nov 2024 at 17:51

Northern Ireland

Policy meetings with active paramilitaries should not be facilitated – O’Neill

The First Minister has told MLAs there must be no facilitation of active paramilitary groups in any public policy discussions, as she called for a “zero-tolerance” approach to the organisations. Michelle O’Neill said Stormont needed to send a ...

15 Oct 2024 at 15:36

Northern Ireland

Widow says time for truth as public inquiry into Pat Finucane murder announced

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has said it is time for the truth to come out about his killing after “35 years of cover-ups”. Geraldine Finucane was speaking after the Government ordered a public inquiry into the ...

11 Sept 2024 at 17:54

Northern Ireland

Man ‘encouraged support’ for banned loyalist groups by flying flags, jury told

A jury has heard a man accused of encouraging support for a banned terror group by flying an Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) flag told police after his arrest: “It’s just a flag mate … I am an Orangeman.” Prosecutors allege Kieron ...

03 Jan 2024 at 17:33

Northern Ireland

Committee seeks minutes of minister’s meeting with Loyalist Communities Council

A DUP minister’s Assembly scrutiny committee is to formally request the minutes of his meeting with a group that includes representatives of loyalist paramilitary gangs. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons met the Loyalist ...

10 Oct 2024 at 12:12

Northern Ireland

Givan hits back over meetings with group linked to loyalist paramilitaries

Education Minister Paul Givan has accused political parties, which criticised his meeting with a group linked to loyalist paramilitaries, of hypocrisy. During heated exchanges at the Assembly, Mr Givan referred to ...

14 Oct 2024 at 16:37

Northern Ireland

Petrol bomb thrown at house in latest attack in UDA drugs gangs feud

A petrol bomb has been thrown at a house in Co Down in the latest attack linked to an ongoing feud between rival loyalist paramilitary drug gangs. Detectives are appealing for information after the incident in ...

30 Mar 2023 at 07:25

Northern Ireland

More properties attacked amid dispute between UDA drug gangs

Several more properties have been attacked in Co Down in incidents linked to an ongoing feud between rival loyalist paramilitary drug gangs. Police believe the petrol bomb and brick-throwing incidents on ...

29 Mar 2023 at 15:50

Northern Ireland

Police determined to bring UDA drugs feud attacks to a ‘complete stop’

Police have said they are determined to bring a loyalist drugs feud which has seen multiple attacks on properties in Co Down to a “complete stop”. A senior officer has said there have now been 11 ...

30 Mar 2023 at 15:23

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