Frankie Gallagher
Frankie Gallagher was a loyalist community worker from Northern Ireland and was along with Tommy Kirkham and Sammy Duddy one of the first leading spokespeople for the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG) which offered political advice to the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during the Troubles.
Work with UPRG
Gallagher had little involvement in politics prior to the dissolution of the
Gallagher became one of the leading spokesmen for the organisation and announced the UDA ceasefire in 2003.[4] Subsequently he joined Kirkham, Frank McCoubrey, Jackie McDonald and Stanley Fletcher in a historic meeting with Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 2004.[5]
Anti-drugs campaign
Gallagher was a staunch critic of UDA renegade brigadier
Funding issues
He has claimed that loyalist communities have enjoyed little dividend from the peace process and has claimed that the issue of
Whilst Gallagher welcomed funding for UDA-backed projects in 2007 he argued that the government had to accept that it was essential for the government to accept that the UDA was central to loyalist communities and that they could not be taken out of the equation in determining how money was spent.[10]
See also
References
- ^ H. McDonald & J. Cusack, UDA – Inside the Heart of Loyalist Terror, Dublin, Penguin Ireland, 2004, p. 366
- ^ NI prisoners savour freedom
- ^ McDonald & Cusack, op cit
- ^ Cautious welcome for loyalist move
- ^ Ahern's loyalist meeting 'amicable'
- ^ "Doris Dead". Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ Loyalist Drug Dealers Are "Scum" Says UPRG
- ^ a b "Frankie Gallagher: The pace of change making us uneasy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ "Unionists are urged to vote mainstream by UDA body". Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ^ £1m is confirmed for UDA project