The UDA was only proscribed - or declared illegal - in 1992 and, as the Troubles ended, the group began to fracture. 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. Gregg initially remained aloof from the struggle and instead concentrated on his anti-Catholic campaign. His perceived "crime" was a throwaway remark he made privately, when he criticised an attack by the South East Antrim UDA on a friend's business. Watch: Peter Crouch sings the Fields of Athenry with Liverpool fans in Dublin pub, We need government and we need it now Mary Lou McDonald. Fri 14 Jan 2022 at 00:30. [58], On 11 December 2018 handguns bought on the 'dark net' by two Co Antrim men linked to a loyalist feud may have been destined for use by the South East Antrim UDA. SoundCloud . 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. This week, a BBC Spotlight programme on the murder of Glenn Quinn investigated the savagery at the heart of one of Northern Ireland's largest loyalist gangs - the South East Antrim Ulster Defence Association (UDA). Gregg played the bass drum in the UDA-affiliated flute band Cloughfern Young Conquerors, a loyalist flute band which police claimed regularly caused trouble at Orange Order parades. Three men were acquitted of his murder. John Gregg (UDA) The man who shot Gerry Adam? "There was an old joke going round the Rathcoole estate that when (name removed) is on the phone he's either talking to Den Elliott or the peelers," the source added. The expelled Mount Vernon UVF commander was replaced by a close associate of the organisation's overall leader John 'Bunter' Graham. South East Antrim UDA mural in Glengormley, North Belfast. A UDA member originally from the Woodvale Road had moved to Rathcoole where he had been beaten up after it emerged that he was a friend of Joe English, the former brigadier who had been exiled from the estate by Gregg for his anti-drugs stance. [6] However, this proved short-lived. 1 February 2003, along with another UDA member, Robert Rab Carson, Gregg was shot dead on Nelson Street, in the old Sailortown district near the Belfast docks, while travelling in a red Toyota taxi after returning from Glasgow where he regularly went to watch Rangers F.C. [3] He later became part of the UDA South East Antrim Brigade. "He's already under enough heat from the cops. He is currently recovering at his mother's home in the Rathcoole estate after last week's beating. 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Masked gunmen immediately opened fire on the occupants with automatic weapons. [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. [61], On 16 January 2019 four men were jailed for life for their involvement in the May 2017 UDA loyalist feud killing of 35-year-old father-of-two Colin Horner. In May cops arrested and charged four men in connection with a kilo of cocaine seized back in 2020. Much of this activity was inspired by Greggs personal hatred of Catholics. "All you have to do is look at history, there are very few commanders or brigadiers who were simply allowed to leave. Martin Quinn is the brother of the murdered Glenn Quinn, who was beaten to . It has brought the town under close scrutiny from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force. The Carrick UDA boss, like his counterpart in Monkstown, the other major loyalist housing area in this part of south-east Antrim, is a minor criminal and drug dealer, who has risen to the position . [30] This briefly occurred in late August when one of Adair's allies took command of the brigade, although this proved short-lived. Nonetheless he was not keen to antagonise Adair and so, along with McFarland, McDonald and Jimbo Simpson, accepted his invitation to attended a Loyalist Day of Culture organised by Adair on the Lower Shankill on 19 August 2000. [37], Following the conclusion of the feud with Adair the UDA reconstituted its ceasefire in what they christened the "Gregg initiative". . [63], The threats were condemned by Peter Vandermeersch of Independent News & Media and Seamus Dooley, assistant General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists, and by Amnesty International UK. "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.". [32], 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. [84] Since his release, Shoukri had resumed his position as 'brigadier' of the north Belfast UDA while his brother Andre was in prison. The UVF man who is accused of touting - who we can't identify for legal reasons - went around the Rathcoole estate and other loyalist areas close by demanding cash payments from alleged drug dealers recently. [4] The attack had been known in advance by security forces due to a tip-off from informants within Rathcoole; Adams and his co-passengers had survived in part because Royal Ulster Constabulary officers, acting on the informants information, had replaced much of the ammunition in the UDAs Rathcoole weapons dump with low-velocity bullets. [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. Each were accused of taxing drug dealers and stealing tens of thousands of pounds from UVF coffers. [18] In 2000, he helped to ensure that a proposal before the Inner Council to initiate the decommissioning of weapons was rejected. Killing Rage The life and death of Eamon Collins. During the course of the melee a Shankill Protestant Boys member managed to gouge out Gregg's eye. It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. [54] Two men were subsequently charged with the murder. Tensions in South East Antrim between the UDA and the UVF were already high after a summer of incidents and disagreements. [52], On 29 May 2017 Colin Horner, a friend of Gilmore and former UDA member, was fatally shot in front of his three-year-old son at a busy shopping centre in Bangor, County Down. The main target proved to be Danny O'Connor, 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 12 times by Gregg's men between 2000 and 2002. "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. the UDA commander or Brigadier in South-East Antrim, a figure who kept a very low . [16], Gregg was released from prison in 1993. The Belfast Telegraph called the move "a familiar loyalist pattern of events. [3] He spent six months in jail for rioting in 1977. "And if they are a defender of anything, it is their own criminal interests.". [36] In May of that same year, Alan McCullough was himself killed by the UDA. 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. He moved from the SEA power base in the Rathcoole estate to the sleepy backwater of Greenisland as his grip on SEA weakened. Gregg's movements were known to C Company member Alan McCullough who, receiving instruction from Adair (then in HMP Maghaberry), arranged for a hit team to kill Gregg and his associate as the taxi took them from the port of Belfast. Often called 'the Egyptian', Shoukri became known as 'the blingadier' for his extravagant lifestyle. [17] According to the Workers' Party (Ireland), English was stood down by the UDA after he had expressed willingness to enter into dialogue with them. Wikizero - Ulster Volunteer Force . The organisation is now in the grip of a committee of senior paramilitary veterans with Fisher forced to toe the line. [2], Gregg joined the Ulster Young Militants (UYM), the youth wing of the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) at the age of 14. Sources in South East Antrim have told us Fisher has been trying to engineer an exit strategy with enough money to sustain a life away from the UDA. [27], However, in late 2002 a UDA member originally from the Woodvale Road who had moved to Rathcoole was attacked after it emerged that he was a friend of Joe English, the former brigadier who had since been exiled from the area by Gregg for his anti-drugs stance. [48] Assistant Chief Constable George Hamilton described the incident as a "power trip" by the brigade, and suggested that it was an attempt by the group to assert their dominance over the local community. During the course of the melee a Shankill Protestant Boys member managed to gouge out Gregg's eye,[12] although it is also claimed that Gregg lost his eye due to a fight with republicans at the same parade. [37] In response to the criticism from the rest of the UDA leadership, Fisher withdrew the South East Antrim brigade from the UDA and reconstituted it as a separate movement. A failure by the paramilitary group's south-east Antrim faction to back the move resulted in a . John Gregg (1957 - 1 February 2003) was a senior member of the UDA/UFF loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland.In 1984, Gregg seriously wounded Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams in an assassination attempt. [8] Under Gregg the South-East Antrim Brigade were prepared to ignore the terms of the loyalist ceasefire, such as on 25 April 1997 when he dispatched a five-man team to Carrickfergus to set fire to a Catholic church in retaliation for a similar attack on a Protestant church in East Belfast (this earlier attack had actually been organised by dissident loyalists seeking to provoke the UDA into returning to violence). [22] Around this time Gregg spearheaded an initiative to significantly increase recruitment into the South East Antrim Brigade. [24] The shootings raised some anger on the Shankill, where the three were well-liked figures, and Adair sought to exploit this as a method of getting rid of Gregg. Sources have told us the crime boss is a man under intense pressure. The UVF were seen to be trying to exploit the friction within the UDA and even erected new billboards of UVF gunmen and both groups flooded the estate with their own paramilitary flags in the run-up to the Twelfth. "I think that the powers that be know exactly which individuals are involved. as a threat to Mad Dog Adair and his ally John White. The Sunday World understands he is desperate for an exit strategy that will take him out of the firing line. Fisher is no longer the main man in South East Antrim, he has seen his close circle of trusted sidekicks dissolve. [6] The Irish News described the brigade as 'powerful' and at one time being 'the most bloody and murderous gang operating within the paramilitary organisation'. [4] A newer mural in the Cloughfern area of Newtownabbey and flags have updated the areas to include Ballycarry, Ballyclare, the rural hinterland of Ballymena called 'Braidside' and despite not being in County Antrim, the town of Newtownards. The Reaper is coming for you. [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. The gang is a standalone faction of the UDA. [22], Gregg initially remained aloof from the struggle and instead concentrated on his anti-Catholic campaign. Gregg had been a regular visitor to Ibrox Park for a number of years. [1][2] It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. "[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. His cheeks appeared hollow, he has shaved his head and those who have seen him describe him as 'haunted'. T he breakaway South East Antrim has issued a warning that it will get tough with Carrick dealers . It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. [26], Adair ignored the expulsion, erecting "West Belfast UDA - Business as Usual" banners on the Shankill Road, whilst continuing his struggles with the remaining brigadiers, Gregg in particular. The killing of Mr Horner, gunned down in front of his three-year-old son Oscar in the Bangor carpark of Sainsbury supermarket, was linked at the time to the South East Antrim UDA feud which claimed the life of his friend, Carrickfergus loyalist Geordie Gilmore, two months earlier. 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. [8] Gregg, Colin Gray and Gerry Welsh were immediately arrested by the waiting British Army, who had doctored the bullets to reduce their lethality. Gregg, seated in the backseat, was hit at close range and died instantly. Catholic workman Gary Moore was killed in Monkstown in 2000 in another killing attributed to Greggs unit. A Northern Ireland group, which includes representatives of loyalist paramilitaries, recently withdrew its support for the Good Friday Agreement. Rev Philip McAlister officiated at his funeral. Along with Jackie McDonald and Billy McFarland, fellow brigadiers on the UDAs Inner Council, Gregg was lacking in enthusiasm for the Belfast Agreement when it appeared in 1998. [4], Gregg and his team were apprehended almost immediately by a British Army patrol that opened fire on them before ramming their car. Will the Windsor Framework be enough for the DUP? [35] Members of Adair's C Company shot and killed Gregg the following month. Law enforcement agencies see the loosening of Fisher's control as an opportunity. [24], Gregg was not close to Johnny Adair but sympathised with his uncompromising attitudes and his anti-UVF views. Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. [34] A bomb attack on Adair's house on 8 January 2003 was blamed on Gregg by John White. Senior members of South East Antrim UDA want to take out . The veteran loyalist, who was 'brigadier' of its South East Antrim unit, was kicked out of the organisation last week. Protestant Trevor Lowry (aged 49) was beaten to death in Glengormley by UDA members under Greggs command on 11 April 2001 after he was mistaken for a Catholic. [20] This followed in summer 2002 when a community centre was taken over for this purpose although Gregg's UDA objected and daubed the building with the word "tout". They have also asked for an end to historic prosecutions for UVF killings that took place before 2010. [9] Greggs fearsome reputation earned him the nickname the Reaper and he bore a tattoo of the Grim Reaper on his back as a tribute. 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Spotlight made contact with a former senior PSNI officer who was at the forefront of policing efforts against the gang. Greggs 18-year-old son Stuart and another man were also in the vehicle but neither sustained injuries in the shooting attack. His 2IC (second-in-command) was also dismissed after being given a sickening baseball bat beating by other masked UVF members. He has since told pals that he has no intention of leaving Rathcoole, where he grew up, but loyalist insiders say that he will have no option but to go. [57] Fisher was subsequently identified by the Sunday Life as brigadier, with the paper accusing him of ordering the shooting of Horner. "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. He sought to portray Gregg as unstable and thuggish and spread a rumour that he was about to be replaced as brigadier. Senior members of South East Antrim UDA want to take out the UVF man who they believe gave up their drug dealers. 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 . (I.R.A) History & Background. "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. 25.03753 121.56381. In November 2011, Stuart Gregg received 400,000 compensation for psychological trauma due to having witnessed his fathers murder. "When we look at what they try and portray themselves to be, defenders of their area, I can't see how that ties in with dealing drugs in a community.". The violence that erupted in the East Antrim town of Carrickfergus on Saturday night 21 July was the latest episode in internecine UDA feuding. 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