Ten people remained in custody today regarding the loyalist mob murder of a Catholic community worker.

Twelve people were being questioned tonight about the loyalist mob murder of a Catholic community worker as it was revealed he had been working with police to calm community tensions before he died.

Loyalists in the North are moving towards decommissioning their weapons, the head of the Presbyterian church said today.

Representatives of the UDA have reassured the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland that there is no going back to the violent past in the North.

Groundbreaking first talks between the head of the Roman Catholic church in Ireland and loyalist leaders are to take place today.

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland is to meet loyalist paramilitary leaders later this week.

The Taoiseach is describing today's statement by the Ulster Defence Association as ‘significant’.

Further divisions are emerging within the UDA after a leading loyalist admitted that some of the group's members are dealing in drugs.

THE Ulster Defence Force (UDA) has insisted that it will pursue its own plan to end paramilitarism and not adhere to any deadline.

Stormont Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie was today warned that her credibility would be damaged if she lets a deadline slip for loyalist paramilitaries to disarm.

Stormont Minister Margaret Ritchie was today backed over her October 9 deadline for loyalist Ulster Defence Association disarmament.

The Ulster Defence Association was today given 60 days to disarm and protect £1.2m (€1.77m) earmarked for the redevelopment of their neighbourhoods.

All remnants of paramilitarism must disappear from the North's society, First Minister Ian Paisley insisted today.

Ian Paisley today branded the shooting of a policeman during loyalist disturbances in Antrim a "cowardly" act.

The North's largest paramilitary group was warned today Government funding for its political wing could be cut off unless it decommissions its weapons.

A loyalist paramilitary boss today predicted direct talks with republicans were inevitable if the North's new, devolved government succeeds.

The Ulster Defence Association has expelled two leading members of its one of its most notorious paramilitary units.

Multiple killer Michael Stone was acting alone when he burst into the Northern Ireland Assembly building claiming he had a bomb, former colleagues claimed today.

Loyalists revealed today that they want more than £8m (€11.8m) from the British government to transform a notorious paramilitary unit into a peacetime community development body.

Further talks are taking place today in an effort to prevent a possible feud between rival factions of the UDA in north Belfast.

Loyalist paramilitaries have to end criminality if their representatives' words are to mean anything, SDLP leader Mark Durkan insisted today.

Loyalists tonight told the Taoiseach they would work to convince their community there would be no sell-out in the Northern Ireland political process.

A delegation allied to loyalist paramilitaries in the North has met Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin tonight.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese last night expressed her hope that political leaders would find the confidence, courage and determination to ensure Northern Ireland’s name soared for all the right reasons, as she hosted a reception to mark the Battle of the Boyne.

Loyalists in the North pledged today to continue an anti-sectarian drive in the town where a Catholic schoolboy was beaten to death.

POLITICAL representatives of the loyalist Ulster Defence Association yesterday ruled out any imminent moves on disarmament.

Political representatives of the loyalist Ulster Defence Association today ruled out any imminent moves on disarmament.

A top loyalist was heavily involved in handing over £40,000 (€59,000) worth of stolen industrial equipment to police, it emerged today.

The Ulster Defence Association was formally accused today of gunning down one of its former brigadiers, Jim Gray.

Two women were tonight being questioned by detectives hunting the killers of deposed loyalist terror boss Jim Gray.

No drinks were on the house in true blue Sandy Row today.

The British government is expected to confront the UDA's political representatives about the seriousness of the loyalist group's latest ceasefire.

THE Ulster Defence Association has held new talks with disarmament chief General John de Chastelain, the British Government revealed last night.

The British government’s recognition of the Ulster Defence Association’s ceasefire officially came into effect today.

Northern Ireland's largest loyalist paramilitary group The Ulster Defence Association today pledged to end all violence and work towards complete disarmament.

The Ulster Defence Association is expected to release a statement today indicating its intention to disarm.

The British government’s recognition of a loyalist paramilitary group’s ceasefire is a risk worth taking, a Northern Ireland minister insisted today.

The Ulster Defence Association was challenged tonight to guarantee their guns have fallen silent forever.

The British government was today poised to announce that it is recognising the ceasefire of the Ulster Defence Association, Northern Ireland’s biggest loyalist paramilitary group.

The British government was urged today to set up task forces to regenerate Protestant working-class communities in Northern Ireland.

Northern Secretary Paul Murphy has agreed to meet senior members of the Ulster Defence Association next week.

Police were today investigating reports of shots being fired during bonfire celebrations in the North.

The British government today announced plans for new talks with a body that includes loyalist paramilitaries in a bid to stop Northern Ireland plunging into a summer of violence.

LOYALISTS yesterday threatened major disruption across the North unless strip-searches inside a top security jail are cut back.