Following the outbreak of the Troubles in the late 1960s , Fulton 's father became a member of the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) . According to journalist Susan McKay , senior Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) members Robin " the Jackal " Jackson and Harris Boyle were frequent visitors to the Fulton home in the early 1970s . Jackson , one of the alleged leaders of the gang which carried out the 1974 Dublin car bombings , became the commander of the UVF 's Mid-Ulster Brigade in July 1975 . Four days later , Boyle was blown up after placing a bomb on the Miami Showband 's minibus after the band was stopped at a bogus checkpoint by UVF gunmen , and three band members shot dead
1974 Dublin car bombings
Dublin and Monaghan bombings
Mark Fulton (loyalist)