Adair - the most-feared loyalist

Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair is the most feared loyalist paramilitary in Northern Ireland with a reputation which sends shudders through the hearts and minds of nationalists and republicans in his home city of Belfast.

Adair - the most-feared loyalist

Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair is the most feared loyalist paramilitary in Northern Ireland with a reputation which sends shudders through the hearts and minds of nationalists and republicans in his home city of Belfast.

Released from prison under the Good Friday Agreement, he was sent back to jail in August 2000 following a bloody loyalist feud which claimed seven lives.

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