Tensions in Northern Ireland (NI) escalated sharply after a loyalist figure suggested that it might be time for unionists "to fight physically to maintain our freedoms within the UK".

DUP leader Arlene Foster, along with deputy leader Nigel Dodds and East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson, have met a representative group for loyalist paramilitaries over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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

A group which includes representatives of loyalist paramilitaries has written to the prime minister to withdraw its support for the Good Friday Agreement.

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

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.

Unionists feel worst ‘sense of hurt’ for 35 years, Loyalist Communities Council tells MPs.

Northern Ireland protocol should be replaced, chair of Loyalist Communities Council tells MPs

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.

Failure of politics to focus on solutions promoted division in North, says Declan Morgan.

The North is facing another toxic, polarising and futile Assembly election.

Tension within loyalist communities is greater than at any point since the ceasefires of 1994, the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) leader has said.

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