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

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.

President Mary McAleese’s husband, Martin, has held at least one meeting with leading members of the Ulster Defence Association, according to BBC Northern Ireland.

Loyalist paramilitary representatives tonight hailed their first meeting with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as historic and said many more may follow.

Loyalist paramilitary prisoners could revolt inside a Northern Ireland jail at the centre of a separation scheme, their representatives warned today.

Prison chiefs were today accused of breaking a pledge by putting loyalist inmates on 24-hour lock-up at a Northern Ireland jail.

LOYALIST paramilitaries yesterday launched a poster blitz across the North in a new bid to get their jailed comrades separated from republicans.

Loyalist paramilitary representatives held talks with a senior Government minister in Northern Ireland tonight in a bid to secure more funding for their community.

Bombers have targeted a loyalist paramilitary boss for a second time as a bitter power struggle among rival factions intensifies, it emerged tonight.

A gun attack was launched on the home of a loyalist councillor on the outskirts of North Belfast tonight in what was seen as the latest phase of the bitter ongoing feud between rival factions.

Police in the North have arrested a serving loyalist politician in connection with the murder of Catholic postman Daniel McColgan in north Belfast on Saturday.