Northern Ireland

Mother of Johnny Adair buried

Loyalist Johnny Adair was not seen in Belfast yesterday for the funerlal of his mother Mabel.
Loyalist Johnny Adair was not seen in Belfast yesterday for the funerlal of his mother Mabel. Loyalist Johnny Adair was not seen in Belfast yesterday for the funerlal of his mother Mabel.

Former loyalist leader Johnny Adair did not make a return to the Shankill yesterday for the funeral service of his elderly mother.

Mabel Adair, who was widely respected in the greater Shankill area, passed away peacefully on November 18.

Johnny Adair was the youngest of her seven children.

Her funeral service took place at Houston and Williamsons Funeral Church yesterday at followed by a private family committal at Roselawn Crematorium.

There was no sign of the former C Company boss at the funeral service, while photographers were warned to stay away from the area.

Adair's son Jonathan passed away in September 2016 of a suspected heroin overdose.

The family fled the Lower Shankill in 2002 following a loyalist feud.