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UDA

British  

abbreviation

  1. Ulster Defence Association

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In Wales, meanwhile, the UDA system is being scrapped from April with those patients who are not exempt paying 50% of the cost of treatment, and dentists paid £150 an hour for their time.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Last month, Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck told the Policing Board that he believed UDA members were involved in sectarian intimidation in north Belfast over the summer.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

In evidence to the House of Commons' Health Committee, BDA leader Shawn Charlwood said: "We aren't being greedy. It is completely affordable. You simply cannot recruit at the low UDA rate."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

Thirty years after the ceasefires, the South East Antrim UDA talks could be viewed as momentum for transition away from paramilitarism among the loyalist groups.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

Jan. 9, 1998 - Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam visits the Maze Prison to meet UDA prisoners in an attempt to change their recent decision to end their support for the peace process.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2023

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