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Mixed political reaction to loyalist withdrawal of support for GFA Jim Wilson, Jackie McDonald, Winston Irvine and David Campbell of the Loyalist Communities Council. Picture by Mal McCann 05 March, 2021 01:00 FIRST minister Arlene Foster has stressed the need to use constitutional means to oppose the Northern Ireland Protocol after loyalist paramilitary groups said they were withdrawing support for the Good Friday Agreement. The Loyalist Communities Council, rep...

Frexit? Unionist paramilitaries renouncing support for Good Friday agreement over Brexit fallout Share on Facebook Ed MorrisseyPosted at 7:01 pm on March 4, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Will Northern Ireland see a return of The Troubles after the completion of Brexit? At the very least, it appears UK prime minister Boris Johnson and Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin will get The Headaches. Unionist paramilitary groups have banded together to renounce their support for the Good Fr...

Editor-at-Large Gail Walker finds out views of five more commentators.

Belfast City Council has unanimously passed a motion that could lead to estate agents being fined for charging tenants "unlawful and unjustifiable" letting fees.

THE residents of Llanfyllin saved their town from destruction in 1868. While the townspeople slept during one April night a fire had broken out at the Penydrei flannel factory. By midnight the town awoke to the sight of the fire. The Montgomeryshire Express reported ‘The alarm spread with great rapidity, and in spite of the lateness of the hour, 91 great numbers of the inhabitants immediately assembled.’ The report hails the leaders, John Jones of Corner House, John Kyle of Penllw...

The family of a murdered man believe a loyalist show of strength in east Belfast was aimed at them and "others who have been standing up to these people", friends have said. The Belfast Telegraph understands that close relatives of Ian Ogle, who was murdered outside his Cluan Place home two years ago, are "traumatised" and "worried for their safety" after a masked gang was caught on camera patrolling the streets. The incident, which is being investigated by the PSNI, is linked to an internal ro...

First Minister Arlene Foster condemned a "show of strength" after a masked gang was caught on camera patrolling the streets of east Belfast. It is understood the incident was linked to an internal row within the UVF and the police presence prevented an attack on a home. Video circulating on social media shows more than two dozen men with their faces covered walking through the Pitt Park area, just off the Newtownards Road. The footage also shows police in attendance, who disperse the crowd whi...

Police are investigating an incident in east Belfast on Tuesday during which a gang of masked men were seen patrolling the streets. Video circulating on social media shows more than two dozen men with their faces covered walking through the Pitt Park area, just off the Newtownards Road. The footage also shows police in attendance, who disperse the crowd while monitoring the gang as they leave the area. In a brief statement, a PSNI spokesperson said officers attended to reports of suspicious mas...

It was a "small mercy" that no one was injured in shooting incident in east Belfast in the early hours of Friday, a councillor has said. Police received a report at around 1.10am that several men tried to force their way into a house in the Lewis Drive area of the city. The men smashed windows of the property and damaged a car parked in the driveway, before making off on foot. Two shots were fired during the attack, according to the report. There have been no reports of any injuries and detect...

Unionists fail to reverse Belfast council decision on bilingual street signs DUP calls on Alliance and Greens to prevent nationalist parties "dominating" the council 15:12, 8 JAN 2021 An existing dual language sign at Cromac Street in Belfast (Image: Google) Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and well do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you th...