The country’s unofficial flag includes the red hand of Ulster, which has been used as a loyalist symbol, on top of a St George’s cross with a crown representing the monarchy. Officials at ...

At the outset there are two popular misconceptions about the paramilitaries that should be challenged. First, that all were ...

A LOYALIST PARAMILITARY was arrested by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland in 1993 after he aroused their suspicions by taking a shower. State Papers released this month ...

During a period of 30 years, many acts of violence were carried out by paramilitaries and the security forces. From street ...

Two loyalist paramilitaries chatting with a contact ... The pair were leading figures in the Ulster Democratic Party, the political wing of the UDA. They admitted that some of their members ...

The allegiance to Ulster Protestants led some individuals to join paramilitary organisations. J.G. acknowledges the role some Protestants played. "The loyalist paramilitary organisations soon had ...

The oldest loyalist paramilitary organisation is the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). It takes its name from northern Protestants who, on the eve of the First World War, had volunteered to fight to ...