One loyalist aroused suspicion after arriving to an RUC station freshly showered, as he was ‘not known for his regular bathing habits’
Loyalist paramilitaries’ increased professionalisation in early 1990s concerned Dublin, State papers reveal
However, the loyalist paramilitaries’ increased professionalism was a serious concern to the Irish government, the papers show, especially after a series of random killings of Catholics in Northern Ireland., could be a target, along with concerns of attacks on Irish government figures if loyalists judged them to be part “of a pan-nationalist front” with Sinn Féin.
The political representatives of loyalism – David Ervine and Billy Hutchinson of the PUP, linked to the UVF, and Gary McMichael and Davy Adams of the UDP, which represented the UDA – were well regarded in Dublin.
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