Johnny Adair’s name is well known, his face instantly recognizable, his voice familiar but he’s not a famous actor or singer, he’s a ‘celebrity terrorist’.  

He was the pumped-up skinhead hardman who led a bloody loyalist faction in carrying out over 40 murders – most of his victims were entirely innocent Catholics.  

The Sunday Life’s Ciaran Barnes tells the story of how Adair rose to power in the lower Shankill. 

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