Following the decommissioning the Ulster Political Research Group, the UDA's political representatives, stated that the " Ulster Defence Association was formed to defend our communities ; we state quite clearly and categorically that this responsibility now rests with the Government and its institutions where legitimacy resides ".

The New Ulster Political Research Group ( NUPRG ) was initially the political wing of the UDA, founded in 1978, which then evolved into the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party in 1981 under the leadership of John McMichael, a prominent UDA member killed by the IRA in 1987, amid suspicion that he was set up to be killed by some of his UDA colleagues.

* the Ulster Political Research Group ( UPRG )— the UDA's " political advisory body ".

* Deadly Intelligence: State Involvement in Loyalist Murder in Northern Ireland-SUMMARY on the web site of CAIN Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland ( 1968 to the Present ) part of ARK Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive in collaboration with Queens University Belfast and the University of Ulster.

Freemasonry in Ulster, 1733 – 1813: A Social and Political History of the Masonic Brotherhood in the North of Ireland ( 2007 )

It was established in June 1981 as the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party by the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) to replace their New Ulster Political Research Group.

These policies had been set out by their predecessors in the New Ulster Political Research Group in their Beyond the Religious Divide policy document.

Its role has largely been taken over by the Ulster Political Research Group.

IQ and the Wealth of Nations is a 2002 book by Dr. Richard Lynn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, and Dr. Tatu Vanhanen, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.

The Volunteer Political Party ( VPP ) was a loyalist political party launched in Northern Ireland on 22 June 1974 by members of the then recently legalised Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ).

At the 2011 election the five councillors elected were William Humphrey, Naomi Thompson and Brian Kingston of the Democratic Unionist Party, the independent Frank McCoubrey ( who is a member of the Ulster Political Research Group and the Progressive Unionist Party's Hugh Smyth.

The Ulster Political Research Group is an advisory body connected to the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ), providing advice to them on political matters.

The group had its origins in the earlier New Ulster Political Research Group ( NUPRG ), which was set up, on the initiative of UDA chairman Andy Tyrie, in January 1978 under the chairmanship of Glen Barr, largely as a reaction to antagonism that had grown between the UDA and Ian Paisley after the loyalist group had supported a failed strike organised by Paisley the previous year.

* Farrell, Sean, Rituals and Riots: Sectarian Violence and Political Culture in Ulster, 1784-1886, The University Press of Kentucky 2000, ISBN 978-0-8131-2171-0

* Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive in collaboration with Queens University Belfast and the University of Ulster

The April by-election was a straight contest between Sands, standing as " Anti-H-Block / Armagh Political Prisoner " and the former Ulster Unionist MP and leader Harry West, with no other candidates standing.

He remained active in the Ulster Unionists for some years and was the party's unsuccessful candidate in the bitter April 1981 by-election in Fermanagh and South Tyrone caused by the death of the sitting MP Frank Maguire, West received 29, 046 votes and was defeated by Bobby Sands standing on an Anti-H-Block / Armagh Political Prisoner ticket with 30, 493 votes, Sands died twenty-six days after his election.

* Margaret O ' Callaghan-Dr. O ' Donnell, " The Northern Ireland Government, the ' Paisleyite Movement ' and Ulster Unionism in 1966 ", Informaworld, Irish Political Studies, Volume 21, Issue 2 June 2006, pages 203-222

Firm proposals for an independent Ulster were produced in 1976 by the Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee and in 1977 by the UDA's New Ulster Political Research Group.

The government forces involved include the Force Research Unit of the British army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ), in particular its Special Branch.

In the field of biomedical sciences, the University of Ulster obtained a 5 * rating, as well as being ranked joint first in the UK, following the Research Assessment Exercises in 1996 and 2001.

Of particular note are the submissions within Biomedical Sciences, the University of Ulster Institute of Nursing Research and Celtic Studies which were all ranked within the top three UK universities

Notable academics who have worked at Ulster include historian Antony Alcock, ecologist Amyan Macfadyen, political scientist Monica McWilliams, poets Andrew Waterman and James Simmons, physicists Robin Williams and Gareth Roberts, mathematician Ralph Henstock, law professors Brice Dickson and Denis Moloney, Professor of Nursing Research Brendan McCormack and former principal and theologian Edwin Ewart.

Research guide from University of Ulster ( N. Ireland ) on the " Troubles.

* Richard Lynn at Ulster Institute for Social Research ( also on Mankind Quarterly editorial board )

It also houses International Conflict Research ( INCORE ), a joint venture between the United Nations University and the University of Ulster.

Works are in many major collections, including the Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin ; Bank of Ireland ; Allied Irish Banks ; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin ; Ulster Museum, Belfast ; Waterford Museum ; Office of Public Works, Dublin ; First National Bank of Chicago ; First National City Bank of New York ; An Chomhairle Ealaíon / The Irish Arts Council ; KLM Airlines Headquarters, New York ; Irish Management Institute, Dublin ; Jefferson Smurfit Group Ltd .; Norman B. Arnoff, New York ; University College, Dublin, and the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

Desmond sold the company to Ulster Bank in 1994, which at the time was part of the National Westminster Group, for a reported £ 39 Million.

While attending the Ulster College of Physical Education she joined the International Marxist Group, one of the few people with an Ulster Unionist background to do so in the 1960s.

On the 11 September 2006 Ms Bell announced that the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly Group did not have a headquarters, at least one party leader and a scheme for financial support ; thus it did not qualify as a political party.

Although Wire FM was started by the Independent Radio Group, it is currently part of UTV Media after IRG was bought by The Wireless Group in 1999, with TWG then taken over in 2005 by Ulster Television plc.

The Ulster Bank Group is subdivided into two separate legal entities, Ulster Bank Limited ( UBL – registered in Northern Ireland ) and Ulster Bank Ireland Limited ( UBIL – registered in the Republic of Ireland ).

This was the first Ulster Bank banknote to incorporate their new logo, similar to the logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, and the entire issue was taken by collectors within hours of becoming available in bank branches.

In 2003 / 2004, Ulster Bank Group purchased First Active, Ireland's oldest building society, for € 887 million.

On 8 February 2008, Ulster Bank Group Chief Executive, Cormac McCarthy, announced a three-year sponsorship deal worth over £ 1m for the Belfast Festival at Queen's.

* Ulster Bank Group

The Ulster Democratic Party, which had succeeded the earlier Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party, dissolved in 2001 and the UPRG was re-established soon afterwards.

He later became a leading member of the Ulster Political Research Group ( UPRG ), which provided political advice to that organisation.

Duddy retired from active loyalism in the 1990s, but was recalled by the UPRG to help rebuild their image after the collapse of the Ulster Democratic Party and the split from Johnny Adair and John White.

He is a leading member of the Ulster Political Research Group ( UPRG ) and a member of Belfast City Council, representing the Court area.

Following the collapse of the UDP and the resulting decision of the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) to reconvene the UPRG McCoubrey was chosen along with Sammy Duddy, Frankie Gallagher and Tommy Kirkham to lead the new group.

McCoubrey remains a member of the Council, where he takes the Ulster Unionist Party whip in a move that has been criticized by the Alliance due to the links between the UPRG and the UDA.