Operation Banner began in 1969 ... The army was deployed because Northern Ireland's police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), was at breaking point and unable to contain the violence ...

For a place that’s so obsessed with ‘flegs’, it’s ironic that Northern Ireland doesn ... Not so, but at least the ‘Ulster Banner’ isn’t a target for the UK’s Independent Reviewer ...

The conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th ... as the UDA spawned violent offshoots operating under the banner of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), most of whom had dual membership ...

By the 1960s Northern Ireland was beginning to reach ... naming Orange lodges after the Ulster Division and dedicating banners to those who had fought and died. Hundreds of members of Loyal ...