Categories: Loyalists, LVF, UDA, UVF
Good Terrorists and Bad Ones
Are the UDA preparing for peace or milking the media?
Just what are the UDA actually doing, I wonder. Today saw two more high profile expulsions in the form of the Shoukri brothers (even though the courts didn't have enough evidence to convict them of m… more »
Bonfires and Paramilitarism
Just what is a good distance to stay from a bonfire? If you're adorned in paramilitary regalia, I'd suggest as far away as possible. If we are ever to see widespread public acceptance and/or support for bonfires then the paramilitary connection, particul… more »
Sickening Attack on Victim's Family
This is one for the fans of loyalist paramilitaries out there. On Saturday, the Mount Vernon UVF sent an 8-man gang into Rathcoole to torture Robert McCord for information he didn't have - ie the location of his estranged cousin, Raymond.
Paramilitari… more »
UUP Councillor Defects Over "UVF Link"
by beano on 11 Jun 2006 at 10:48. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, Loyalists, Local Government, UVF
Another twist in the shacking up of the UUP and PUP in Stormont has seen 25 year old Ulster Unionist party officer and Down councillor Peter Bowles is defecting to the Conservatives in protest over the party's new links to the UVF. As well as becoming th… more »
Empey To Confront Unionist History
David Ervine seems (not surprisingly) to support Reg Empey's claims that it's better to involve loyalists in the political process than to have them outside the tent pissing in, having said yesterday that "It will work, if Reg Empey can be left alone to… more »
Have the Ulster Unionists Sold Their Soul?
by beano on 14 May 2006 at 19:37. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, Loyalists, Local Government, UVF
I've been watching a couple of threads over at the Young Unionists blog with interest recently, following David Ervine's decision to join the UUP grouping in Stormont, allowing the Ulster Unionists to claim an extra seat in any potential executive.
I… more »
Police Warning on Loyalist Criminality
Sinn Fein/IRA/Republican criminality has been under the spotlight for some time now with the leadership of the DUP blaming such activity, along with the lack of support for policing, for the lack faith they have in the prospect of sharing power with Sinn… more »
Boy. 15. Murdered.
What more needs to be said? Michael McIlveen, a 15 year old boy from Ballymena was brutally attacked at the weekend and last night died from his injuries after spending days fighting for his life in hospital. The family are understandably distraught. Mic… more »
Loyalists Lose PR Battle - Again
by beano on 25 Apr 2006 at 14:36. Categories: Northern Ireland, Loyalists, Ulster-Scots, Republicans
I was disappointed to read this post on Slugger yesterday. After congratulating the Harryville Ulster-Scots Society just a few weeks ago on having a UDA mural replaced by a new one promoting Ulster-Scots culture, I'm dismayed to read that the mural is to… more »
Can Government Investment Improve Protestants' Lot?
by beano on 04 Apr 2006 at 19:58. Categories: Sinn Fein, Business & Economy, Loyalists, Direct Rule, Education
I'm yet to be convinced of the merits of throwing £33 million at loyalist communities over the next few years in the hope it will encourage them to play nice. There's no doubt that some of the areas are in a desperate need of regeneration, but the… more »