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Loyalist Umbrella Group Withdraws Support For Good Friday Agreement

March 04 2021

United Kingdom

A group representing loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland say they are withdrawing their support for the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of violence, reports the Irish News.

On Thursday, the Loyalist Communities Council said it was withdrawing from the Belfast agreement over concerns about the arrangements for Irish Sea trade following the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union.

The council represents the Ulster Volunteer Force, Ulster Defense Association and Red...

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