‘People try to make distinctions between a good paramilitary and a bad paramilitary. A good paramilitary might be somebody who sells coke on a Saturday night. A bad paramilitary would be somebody who’s dealing heroin’
Chair of Loyalist Communities Council believes DUP prepared to re-enter Stormont administration ‘under a Sinn Féin first minister’
Five Belfast bus routes suspended on Monday after latest of two recent hijackings
Loyalist Communities Council had said Irish Ministers no longer welcome in Northern Ireland
Senior source says party has no appetite for another damaging leadership contest
London wants more flexibility from EU on goods checks as Biden expected to intervene
Women from loyalist community fear new DUP leader’s views will inform governance
Cabinet office minister stresses European Union’s responsibility to help deal with “significant challenges” the measure poses
Frost has alarmed Dublin in beginning to march to the drumbeat of militant unionism, setting an unofficial deadline for agreement with Brussels at the beginning of the North’s marching season, July 12th
David Frost’s sabre rattling comes as DUP signal a more realistic approach to protocol
Furniture set on fire in the middle of the Shankill Road as protests return
Widespread calls for calm in Belfast as police use water canon for first time in six years
Law and order not enough to halt loyalist protests driven by crime and politics
First Minister continues to refuse to speak to Chief Constable of the PSNI
The consequences of politicians’ failure to take responsibility are now playing out
Organisation calls for a ‘change in attitude’ from Dublin and withdraws from Shared Island Unit
Report suggested party would block Act due to unionist anger at Northern Ireland protocol
Sharp exchanges in Assembly between DUP First Minister and senior Sinn Féin politician
‘He’s ignoring them, thinking they’ll just go away. We will not go away,’ says DUP leader
‘It is the first time in a long time that loyalists have won’, says activist Jamie Bryson
Five main Northern Ireland political parties battle it out on BBC ahead of Thursday’s vote
Group with backing of UVF, UDA and Red Hand Commando warns unionists against voting for Alliance
PSNI believe shooting of well-known criminal linked to disputes between rival loyalist groups
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