In 1990 , the UVF joined the Combined Loyalist Military Command ( CLMC ) and indicated its acceptance of moves towards peace . However , the year leading up to the loyalist ceasefire , which took place shortly after the Provisional IRA ceasefire , saw some of the worst sectarian killings carried out by loyalists during the Troubles . On 18 June 1994 , UVF members machine-gunned a pub in the Loughinisland massacre in County Down , on the basis that its customers were watching the Republic of Ireland national football team playing in the World Cup on television and were therefore assumed to be Catholics . The gunmen shot dead six people and injured five
Loughinisland massacre
Loughinisland massacre
Ulster Volunteer Force