Ulster Volunteer Force

Two Catholic workmen murdered by UVF for ‘pure sectarianism’, loyalist supergrass tells court

Former UVF man Gary Haggarty gave evidence during trial of James Stewart Smyth for murders of Eamon Fox and Gary Convie in 1994

Mon Oct 23 2023 - 18:55

Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place – This important, humane book will prove to be a classic

Review: Martin Doyle’s personal, intimate history of the Troubles through the microcosm of his home parish is stunning in its sweep and power

Sat Oct 21 2023 - 05:30

Why I wrote Dirty Linen: recording the toll the Troubles took on my parish, the long tail of trauma

The scale of the Northern conflict, more than 3,700 dead over 30 years in a population of just 1.5 million, is impossible to comprehend. I focused on my own parish

Sat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00

Legal challenge lodged in Belfast against Troubles legacy bill

Judicial review proceedings launched on behalf of six bereaved families against contentious legislation

Fri Sept 15 2023 - 17:14

British authorities providing all the files in relation to Dublin-Monaghan bombings, says investigator

Former chief constable Jon Boutcher is investigating atrocities carried out by the loyalist Glenanne Gang

Wed May 17 2023 - 19:08

Man welcomes UVF account of the 1974 sectarian murder of his father

Paul Crawford, son of John Crawford, says unprecedented ‘victim-centred’ process gave him answers he had been seeking for almost 50 years

Tue May 16 2023 - 00:04

Shooting of PSNI officer John Caldwell is a human rights violation

The frequency of deadly attacks on civilians by paramilitaries far outweighs unambiguous examples of unlawful killings by state forces

Thu Mar 16 2023 - 05:00

Henry McDonald: Leading journalist and author of authoritative books on the Troubles

McDonald grew up as ‘a seasoned war baby’ amid violence of 1970s Northern Ireland and went on to chronicle the conflict for decades

Thu Mar 02 2023 - 13:06

‘Speaking truth to power’: Blood lessons from the Troubles come to London

A play involving victims of the conflict will be seen by officers investigating collusion

Wed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00

Paramilitarism still a ‘clear and present danger’ for Northern Ireland, says monitoring body

Independent Reporting Commission says formal engagement is needed to achieve ‘disbandment’

Wed Dec 07 2022 - 15:25

I expected Canada to be everything Northern Ireland wasn’t. Now I’m not so sure

Patrick McKenna fled the Troubles in the 1970s, but found Canada has its own divisions

Thu Apr 21 2022 - 00:00

Northern Ireland election: This could be the most important in a generation

If the polls are correct, a nationalist could head government in the North for first time

Sat Apr 16 2022 - 03:16

Ukrainians ‘walking through the valley of the shadow of death’, church leaders say

All 3,600 dead of Northern Ireland conflict to be remembered at Good Friday service

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 12:28

The UDR: A potent weapon in Britain’s ‘dirty war’ in Northern Ireland

Declassified files reveal the stunning level of collusion between the regiment and loyalists

Sat Apr 09 2022 - 06:00

Newton Emerson: Loyalist attack on Coveney requires a serious response

Government’s policy means response could include carrot as well as stick

Thu Mar 31 2022 - 01:00

Jeffrey Donaldson condemns Coveney security alert linked to UVF

DUP leader insists he and his party condemned Belfast incident immediately after it happened

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 15:58

‘No surrender’ in the air as unionist leaders thunder their loathing for NI protocol

Ballymoney rally told protocol opens up door to a united Ireland and therefore must go

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 15:54

NI police believe UVF behind hijacking and hoax bomb

Incident disrupted speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney in Belfast

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 21:13

I’m sticking with my face mask. It’s no skin off my nose

Mary Minihan: Masks get a bad press, but I won’t be in any rush to give up mine

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 11:00

Archive covers more than 100 years of the Irish language movement

Exchange of letters among items in new Conradh na Gaeilge archive at NUI Galway

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 00:01