Winston 'Winkie' Irvine: Loyalist facing trial attends former UVF man's funeral
Top loyalist - Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine - attended a paramilitary funeral last week, the Sunday World can reveal.
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Top loyalist - Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine - attended a paramilitary funeral last week, the Sunday World can reveal.
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Q. Your father, James, and mother, Lillie, were in the RAF, and as a boy you travelled extensively as they moved to different postings.