[3] A mural in support of the group lists its areas of activity as being Rathcoole (the mural's location), Rathfern, Monkstown, Glengormley and Whitewell, all of which are part of Newtownabbey, as well as Carrickfergus, the Shore Road, Greenisland, Ballymena, Whitehead, Antrim and Larne. [23] Trevor Lowry (aged 49) was beaten to death in Glengormley by UDA members under Gregg's command on 11 April 2001 after he was mistaken for a Catholic. In response, graffiti appeared around the walls of Rathcoole in December, stating: Daft Dog and White beware. [18] In 2000, he helped to ensure that a proposal before the Inner Council to initiate the decommissioning of weapons was rejected. Cloughfern Young Conquerors, a flute band attached to the brigade, had been to Derry for the annual Apprentice Boys of Derry march through the city centre when at the train station they met members of the Shankill Protestant Boys, a UVF-affiliated band. The UDA South East Antrim Brigade was previously one of the six brigades of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and are heavily involved in the drug trade. In the later 1980s Snoddy took ill with cancer and many of his duties as brigadier were filled by his ally Joe English. games. [19] In late August 1997, the brigade became involved in simmering tensions with fellow loyalist paramilitaries in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Gregg and his team were apprehended almost immediately by a British Army patrol that opened fire on them before ramming their car. According to a recent MI5/police intelligence assessment shared with Spotlight, the South East Antrim UDA "has access to arms" and is "heavily involved in drugs supply, community coercion, intimidation and other criminality". [5], Gregg was sentenced to 18 years in prison; however, he only served nine years before he was released in 1993. [65], On 25 November 2020 the Belfast Telegraph reported that the South East Antrim UDA had passed on a threat against one of their journalists. Gregg was jailed for 18 years; however, he only served half his sentence and was released in 1993. In late August, Adair had even managed to have Gregg stood down as Brigadier for "not being militant enough" and replaced by one of Adair's own associates. Brawls between the two had been frequent and tensions had been growing between the UDA and UVF leading to a drink-fuelled pitched battle between the two groups at the train station. Gregg took this as a threat and, after complaining to senior figures in the West Belfast UDA, ordered the three men to be kneecapped. Spotlight made contact with a former senior PSNI officer who was at the forefront of policing efforts against the gang. Tipperary Tim astounding 1928 Grand National winner at 100/1 & a proud resident of Glencairn ! From the 1990s until he was shot dead in 2003 by rival associates, Gregg served as brigadier of the UDA's South East Antrim Brigade. Under Gregg, the South East Antrim Brigade was linked to the killing of UVF member Mark Quail during Adair's feud with the UVF in 2000[25][26] although according to the BBC the killing was not directly connected to Adair's issues with the UVF but rather stemmed from a pub dispute in north Belfast between members of the two paramilitary groups. A mural commemorating Gregg and Carson in Cloughfern. "[11] In 2000 he helped to ensure that a proposal before the Inner Council to initiate the decommissioning of weapons was rejected. They in no way reflect my own opinions and I take no responsibility for any inaccuracies or factual errors. He moved from the SEA power base in the Rathcoole estate to the sleepy backwater of Greenisland as his grip on SEA weakened. [1], Gregg was born in 1957 and raised in a Protestant family from the Tigers Bay area of North Belfast. DIE KOMMENDEN sind nationalpolitisch-strmungsbergreifend. . "The UDA in Rathcoole couldn't figure out why all the UVF dealers were being left alone while their guys were getting caught left, right and centre. The UDA South East Antrim Brigade was previously one of the six brigades of the Ulster Defence Association and are heavily involved in the drug trade. The coffin was draped in the Ulster flag and the flag of the UFF. The brigade representatives refused to give any details about how many weapons or how much commercial explosives were destroyed during the day-long exercise. He told them they had to pay money - ranging from 5,000 right up to 20,000 - to be allowed to stay in the area and avoid a UVF punishment attack. match. He's crossed a line and there are figures in the UDA who won't forget.". [37], Following the conclusion of the feud with Adair the UDA reconstituted its ceasefire in what they christened the "Gregg initiative". Spotlight's Gangland: The Murder of Glenn Quinn can be viewed on the BBC iPlayer. It is unclear when South East Antrim was first designated as a brigade area although its first recognised leader was Alan Snoddy and he held title of Brigadier by at least 1979. [16], Having witnessed demographic shifts in Glengormley and Crumlin, traditionally loyalist majority towns that had come to have nationalist majorities on account of loyalists moving out of Belfast, he determined that the same thing would not happen in Carrickfergus and Larne and so launched a campaign of pipe bomb and arson attacks on Catholic homes there (despite these towns having very small Catholic populations). [1][2] It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. [49] The targets of the attack were reported locally as being two brothers who had been involved in a scuffle with three UDA members the night before. It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. In May cops arrested and charged four men in connection with a kilo of cocaine seized back in 2020. The violence that erupted in the East Antrim town of Carrickfergus on Saturday night 21 July was the latest episode in internecine UDA feuding. Security sources say that with more than 2,000 members, the South East Antrim UDA is one of Northern Ireland's largest paramilitary gangs. In 2019, Colin Horner was gunned down in front of his young son. And now it's emerged the UVF heavy has also given a separate list of UDA-linked dealers to the cops. In return for ending criminality they have been promised 5m of funding for projects in loyalist areas from the 50m Fresh Start package to end paramilitarism. Catholic workman Gary Moore was killed in Monkstown in 2000 in another killing attributed to Greggs unit. . Gregg was the most senior UDA member killed since South Belfast brigadier John McMichael was blown up by the IRA in 1987. UDA Brigadier for South East Antrim, Gregg - who became a loyalist icon when he shot Sinn Fin chief Gerry Adams - was gunned down in Belfast's docklands area nearly 20 years ago. Members of the loyalist flute band, Cloughfern Young Conquerors dressed in uniform accompanied the coffin. [13] The two clashed frequently and, in 1993, Adair even threatened to kill English after English had suggested that the UDA should not claim the murder of Marie Teresa Dowds de Mogollon, which Adair's top hitman Stephen McKeag had perpetrated. (I.R.A) History & Background. South East Antrim Brigade mural in Ballymena honouring Gregg. A Northern Ireland group, which includes representatives of loyalist paramilitaries, recently withdrew its support for the Good Friday Agreement. When the taxi stopped at traffic lights close to the motorway, it was rammed by another taxi which had been hijacked earlier on the Shankill Road. "He was lucky to be let out alive, he knows it, but he's the exception rather than the rule.". As a result of the attack, three Woodvale UDA members went to Gregg and complained about the attack. "But then what happened was that the UDA began to splinter into criminal gangs, criminal fiefdoms.". Golden Brown The Stranglers: Iconic Songs & the story behind them. [28] In response, three Woodvale UDA members went to Gregg and complained about the attack in a move Gregg saw as a threat. On 6 January 2010, the UDA announced that it had put its weapons "verifiably beyond use". [17] Protestant Trevor Lowry (aged 49) was beaten to death in Glengormley by UDA members under Gregg's command on 11 April 2001 after he was mistaken for a Catholic. [5] The Guardian has identified it as "one of the most dangerous factions". Adair was returned to prison two days later. [36] Adair would be removed from his position of power soon afterwards in a show of strength by the mainstream UDA under the command of Jackie McDonald. Carrick's drug trade is now a mish-mash of conflicting independent criminal gangs. Gregg's 18-year-old son Stuart and another man were also in the vehicle but neither sustained injuries in the shooting attack. A UDA/UFF South-East Antrim Brigade mural in Newtownabbey. The Reaper is coming for you. One of those was alleged Carrickfergus UDA commander Clifford Irons who was charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine. From the 1990s until he was shot dead in 2003 by rival associates, Gregg served as brigadier of the UDA's South East Antrim Brigade. [15] A senior police source once described him as a man driven by "pure and absolute bigotry". Each were accused of taxing drug dealers and stealing tens of thousands of pounds from UVF coffers. On 4 September Langhammers car was blown up outside his Whiteabbey home by Greggs men, although Langhammer himself was asleep at the time and no one was injured. Following his release from prison, Gregg returned to Rathcoole where he again became an important figure, taking a central role in the illegal drug trade, with his Rathcoole stronghold a centre of narcotics.Sometime after the Combined Loyalist Military Command of 1994 he succeeded Joe English, who had emerged as a leading figure in the Ulster Democratic Party, as brigadier of the South-East Antrim UDA. "It is notoriously difficult to leave," a senior loyalist source told us. When asked by the BBC in prison if he regretted anything about the shooting, his reply was: UDA mural in Greggs Rathcoole stronghold. A UDA/UFF South-East Antrim Brigade mural in Newtownabbey On 6 January 2010, the UDA announced that it had put its weapons "verifiably beyond use". South East Antrim brigade Den' Allo Allo' Elliott. The UDA structure was divided into six geographical areas during the late 1980s (Londonderry, South-East Antrim, North Belfast, East Belfast, West Belfast and South Belfast). [33], Gregg's killing proved to be the undoing of Adair. A mural in support of the group lists its areas of activity as being Rathcoole (the mural's location), Rathfern, Monkstown, Glengormley and Whitewell, all of which are part of Newtownabbey, as well The main target proved to be Danny OConnor, a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) representative on initially Larne Borough Council and then the Northern Ireland Assembly, whose home and office were attacked at least twelve times by Greggs men between 2000 and 2002. Now, the UDA has imploded to such an extent that its west Belfast brigade, run by the re-imprisoned renegade Adair, is accused of murdering south-east Antrim brigadier, John "Grug" Gregg, while . He called on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to establish an auxiliary police clinic on the estate, which had no permanent police building, so as locals concerned about crime could have somewhere to go. "Several UDA men told their bosses they wanted him shot dead while others wanted his knees done but they've been ordered by Fisher to leave him alone, for now. Members of the Cloughfern Young Conquerors dressed in uniform accompanied the coffin. She was killed in 2005 and her remains hidden by the son of a veteran member of the Red Hand Commando - a UVF-affiliated group. [31] Gregg was back in command by October, at which point he was one of the brigadiers who passed the resolution expelling Adair from the UDA for his involvement in the attempted murder of Jim Gray.[32]. The UDA South East Antrim Brigade is one of the six brigades of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). The juxtaposition of this initiative with the name of Gregg was condemned by the mother of a Catholic who had been killed by members of the South-East Antrim Brigade in 2000 as she argued: its sickening to call it the Gregg initiative when he was a ruthless terrorist.Everyone goes on about Johnny Adair but theyre all as bad as each other. Rev Philip McAlister officiated at his funeral. "Over the last 12 months the paramilitary cops (Paramilitary Crime Task Force) have been hitting the South East Antrim over and over again," said a source. Tommy Lyttle inherited 'Bertie Scott' from a man called Alan Snoddy, the UDA commander or Brigadier in South-East Antrim, a figure who kept a very low public profile. Members of this brigade were believed to be behind the killings of Catholic postman Danny McColgan, Protestant teenager Gavin Brett and Trevor Lowry (the latter kicked to death in the mistaken belief he was a Catholic), and a spate of pipe bomb attacks on the homes of Catholics. [14] Later in the year, English was forced to confront Adair about rumours that Adair was considering attending an Inner Council meeting armed in order to eliminate the other five brigadiers and assume sole control of the UDA. @caolan-mclaughlin-844507501 this is a UDA song ya muppet why u put f the uvf know yer history kid. They have also asked for an end to historic prosecutions for UVF killings that took place before 2010. [64][65], According to the Irish Times there are suspicions that the threats are in response to coverage of the murder of Glenn Quinn in Carrickfergus in January 2020. [29] In response, graffiti appeared around the walls of Rathcoole in December, stating: "Daft Dog and White beware. "[38] The dissident branch was also revealed to have contained an informer after Jon McDowell, Tommy Kirkham's assistant, told the Belfast Telegraph that he was an RUC Special Branch agent in November 2007. [11] Each geographical area was commanded by a UDA 'Brigadier' and sometimes also had a designated 'Military Commander', 'Intelligence Officer' and 'Quartermaster'. A mortally-wounded Carson died later in hospital, and taxi driver William McKnight was seriously hurt. His 2IC (second-in-command) was also dismissed after being given a sickening baseball bat beating by other masked UVF members. [6] When asked by the BBC in prison if he regretted anything about the shooting, his reply was, "Only that I didn't succeed. He is currently recovering at his mother's home in the Rathcoole estate after last week's beating. Free. His cheeks appeared hollow, he has shaved his head and those who have seen him describe him as 'haunted'. Themen: Politische Wochenschau, politische Theorie, Artikel und Berichte zu Themen rund um berwachung, Repression, Wirtschaft, Soziales, Befreiungsnationalismus, Antiimperialismus, Zeitgeschichte und Literaturhinweise "All you have to do is look at history, there are very few commanders or brigadiers who were simply allowed to leave. Belfast Books Thanks for promoting my book mate. By September 2002, Adair had even circulated stories to contacts in the media that Gregg was under death threat from the UDA. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. As the band prepared to take the train home that evening they met members of the Shankill Protestant Boys, another band in town for the parade that was affiliated to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). 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Since his release, Shoukri had resumed his position as 'brigadier' of the north Belfast UDA while his brother Andre was in prison. "The UDA is the biggest paramilitary group in Rathcoole, much bigger than the UVF, and there are some UDA men in the estate who would gladly do the job. The deposed brigadier's ex-2IC is also facing major money worries having been fined 20,000 by the UVF. A failure by the paramilitary group's south-east Antrim faction to back the move resulted in a . Gregg when explaining his family background, revealed that his father, regarded as a quiet man, had trust in the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and British Army but joined the loyalist vigilante groups set up around the start of the Troubles ostensibly to protect the Protestant community from attacks by republicans. This followed in summer 2002 when a community centre was taken over for this purpose although Greggs UDA objected and daubed the building with the word tout. [43] The decommissioning was completed at the same time as that of the republican Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA). [41], In 2009, the brigade claimed to have decommissioned a substantial quantity of guns and explosives in a single day in the presence of the chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD). "They'll let Fisher take the fall before replacing him, they don't see any point in putting someone else in now only for him to be targeted.". UVF chiefs fear that any deal they do with the British government about going out of business in return for funding and an amnesty will be dependent on Lisa's body being returned to her heartbroken family. Money drives the South East Antrim UDA's criminal interests, made off the backs of communities who are ruthlessly subjected to a code of silence. . It has brought the town under close scrutiny from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force. He managed to avoid being beaten in return for tricking his ex-UVF 2IC friend into attending the Monkstown meeting during which he was attacked. The violence, on the Castlemara estate in the town, saw up to 150 loyalists confront each other as members of the 'mainstream' UDA flooded the area in a show of strength against the . [21] Nonetheless he was not keen to antagonise Adair and so, along with McFarland, McDonald and Jimbo Simpson, accepted his invitation to attend a "Loyalist Day of Culture" organised by Adair on the Lower Shankill on 19 August 2000. It was formed in September 1971 and undertook a campaign of almost twenty-four years during "The Troubles". 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