"31 August 1994. The IRA ceasefire is announced in Belfast. Gerry Adams takes to the podium built close to Sinn Fein headquarters. All around him are placed helium balloons, flowers, teddy bears, good luck cards, etc. It's more like a kid's birthday party than the end of a war."…
UDA: inside the heart of Loyalist terror
by McDonald, Henry, Cusack, Jim
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A history of sectarian slaughter, bloody feuding and general criminality, accompanied by flash lifestyles more suited to mobsters than defenders of the Protestant community. Two distinguished journalists tell the story of the UDA's 30 year evolution from popular mass movement to…
"David Trimble's ascent to the post of First Minister of the new Northern Ireland Assembly has been a political journey from the hardline fringes of Unionism to the moderate centre-ground." "Henry McDonald tells the story from Trimble's childhood in Bangor, County Down, a town '…
"David Trimble's ascent to the post of First Minister of the new Northern Ireland Assembly has been a political journey from the hardline fringes of Unionism to the moderate centre-ground." "Henry McDonald tells the story from Trimble's childhood in Bangor, County Down, a town '…