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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 only ...

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

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 Communities Council ...

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 members of his own family ...

14 Oct 2024 at 16:37

Northern Ireland

Lyons did not ‘directly’ ask for end to criminality during LCC meeting

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said he did not directly ask representatives of loyalist paramilitary gangs to end criminality during a meeting with an umbrella group. However, he told MLAs that he had made clear to the Loyalist ...

24 Oct 2024 at 12:39

Northern Ireland

Reform UK Scottish organiser sacked over loyalist paramilitary links

The Scottish organiser for Reform UK has been sacked after links to loyalist paramilitaries came to light. Craig Campbell was a senior figure in Nigel Farage’s party north of the border until an investigation by the Daily Record ...

18 Dec 2024 at 11:21

Northern Ireland

Platform given to loyalist organisation risks ‘eroding democracy’

There are fears that the platform being given to an organisation which represents loyalist paramilitary groups risks “eroding democracy”, an MP has said. Alliance MP Stephen Farry told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ...

08 Mar 2023 at 15:56

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