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THE controversial appointment of a spokesman for a body representing loyalists to the board of the Agrifood and Biosciences Institute (Afbi) is to be raised today by a Stormont scrutiny committee.

Activist Joel Keys says unionism would benefit from confronting, not avoiding, the things it finds most difficult

The chair of a group representing loyalist paramilitary organisations has accused the Republic's foreign minister Simon Coveney of doing more to "wreck" the Good Friday Agreement "than any other person or group in the past two years".

Ulster Herald Advertisement Posted: 5:15 pm June 9, 2021 SHARE A LOYALIST paramilitary flag or other illegal ones along the Hospital Road in Omagh should be removed, according to the new DUP chairperson of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. The Red Hand Commando flag is one of over a dozen which have been erected along the busy road during the past two months, prompting concerns from some local residents and nationalist councillors. Speaking to the Tyrone Herald this week, the DUP�...

PSNI probes claim UDA threatened DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldsons team during leadership campaign It was reported Sir Jeffrey made the allegation during a meeting of the DUP executive DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (Image: David Young/PA) 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 these newsletters. Your informa...

Warning to committee of MPs comes amid mounting unionist tensions over post-Brexit trade disruption

The Loyalist Communities Council made the comments at a meeting of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Last modified on Wed 12 May 2021 15.09 EDT The Brexit minister, Lord Frost, and the Northern Ireland secretary, Brandon Lewis, met representatives of loyalist paramilitaries on Monday during a visit to Northern Ireland, it has emerged. The Loyalist Communities Council (LCC), a body which includes representatives of the UVF, UDA and Red Hand Commando paramilitary groups, confirmed a “small delegation” of its members met the ministers on Monday to discuss continuing concerns over checks on go...

LCC renews call for peaceful protests LCC members David Campbell and David McNary protest outside the Irish Secretariat in Belfast yesterday. Picture by Hugh Russell. Connla Young 20 April, 2021 01:00 Gareth McCord challenges LCC members David Campbell and David McNary outside the Irish Secretariat in Belfast yesterday. .Picture by Hugh Russell. The Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) has renewed a call for peaceful protests during a small protest ...

Nationalists and loyalists clash at Lanark Way in west Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP BELFAST, Northern Ireland—The town of Carrickfergus, along with four other Union Loyalist towns and cities, has been beset with violence over the past weeks casting further doubts the current political stability in Northern Ireland will last much longer. More troubling, however, is the involvement of youth, as young as 12-years-old, being forced into the violence, coerced into despi...