As an independent investigation into a double agent named ‘Stakeknife’ draws to a close, families seeking answers may soon ...

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

The loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association is under pressure to prove its declaration of a 12-month ceasefire to boost the political process is genuine. Loyalist politicians ...

bitterly hostile reaction to present peace moves came from the Ulster Defence Association. It warned the government that should they continue their policy of retreat, “they will bear ...

The Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), the military wing of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), admitted last night that it killed one of its leading members, Jim Craig, because he had been spying ...

As detectives continued to question a man about the murder, the Ulster Defence Association also accused McCullough of being heavily involved in four assassinations. The paramilitary grouping ...

A disabled pensioner shot five times by the UDA was unable to flee the gunmen because he uses a mobility scooter.

The attacks have been taking place for a number of days There have been further attacks on properties in County Down in a dispute between rival factions of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).

In 1972, IRA violence led to the emergence of the second main loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). Initially it was what its name suggested, a "defence" organisation ...