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Fact Files
Brief guides to the political parties and paramilitaries of Northern Ireland.
Political Parties
Paramilitaries
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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
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Democratic Unionist Party
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Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
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Social Democratic and Labour Party
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Sinn Féin
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Progressive Unionist Party
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Ulster Democratic Party
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Ulster Unionist Party
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United Kingdom Unionist Party
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Northern Ireland Unionist Party
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Irish Republican Army
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Provisional IRA
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Official IRA
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Continuity IRA
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The Real IRA/32-County Sovereignty Movement
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Irish National Liberation Army
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Direct Action Against Drugs
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Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters
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Ulster Volunteer Force
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Loyalist Volunteer Force
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Red Hand Defenders/Orange Volunteers
Ulster Democratic Party
The Ulster Democratic Party was formed in 1989 and was linked to the UDA paramilitary group.
The party was involved in securing the 1994 loyalist ceasefire. It was dissolved in 2001 amid infighting over the Good Friday Agreement.
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