Disarm or lose funding, UDA warned

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

Disarm or lose funding, UDA warned
Fri, 10 Aug, 2007 - 17:17

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

Stormont Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie set the deadline following recent rioting linked to the loyalist paramilitary group in two Northern Ireland towns.

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