Brandon Lewis claimed the LCC were not spokespersons for illegal loyalist paramilitaries.

Molotov cocktails and barricades have returned to Northern Ireland. The conflict there is 4 centuries old. But Brexit is the new reason why the situation has reached the boiling point in what had been an era of peace.

Loyalist Communities Council warns of ‘strength of feeling’ over border checks but says protests should stay peaceful.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) does not believe loyalist paramilitary groups, based on a current assessment, will break their 1994 ceasefires.

The relocation of the Port of Larne worker and his family is believed to be the first following a death threat from terrorists since 2011

Pro-British loyalist militants in Northern Ireland said on Friday there had been a "spectacular collective failure" to understand their anger over Brexit and other issues as there was some respite in street clashes following a week of riots.

The Progressive Unionist Party, which is politically aligned to the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force, has said there is “no basis” for unionists to continue to support the Good Friday Agreement peace accord.

The use of violence in opposition to the Northern Ireland protocol is a “last resort” but not “off the table”, a member of the Loyalist Communities Council has said.