Taylor: Civil Rights body 'was terrorist cover'

Leading Ulster Unionist John Taylor has created further controversy at the Saville Inquiry in Derry by claiming that the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was a front for terrorists.

Taylor: Civil Rights body 'was terrorist cover'

Leading Ulster Unionist John Taylor has created further controversy at the Saville Inquiry in Derry by claiming that the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was a front for terrorists.

Mr Taylor, also known as Lord Kilclooney, said republicans had "infiltrated" the NICRA and insisted that the organisation gave two positions on its executive council to Sinn Féin and the Official IRA.

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