DUBLIN, Ireland An Irish diplomat has been forced to flee Northern Ireland because of death threats from anti-Catholic extremists, the government said Wednesday.
Aine de Baroid was helping to build Irish government links with members of outlawed groups in Northern Ireland, particularly so-called "loyalist" paramilitary gangs rooted in the most impoverished Protestant districts of Belfast.
She fled Belfast in August after receiving death threats from members of the Ulster Defense Association, the largest paramilitary group in Northern Ireland with an estimated 3,000 members.
Aine de Baroid was helping to build Irish government links with members of outlawed groups in Northern Ireland, particularly so-called "loyalist" paramilitary gangs rooted in the most impoverished Protestant districts of Belfast.
She fled Belfast in August after receiving death threats from members of the Ulster Defense Association, the largest paramilitary group in Northern Ireland with an estimated 3,000 members.
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