 Complete the following phrase:  The UVFs declared goals were to combat Irish republicanism  particularly the Irish Republican Army IRA  and to maintain Northern Irelands status as part of the United Kingdom. It was responsible for more than 500 deaths. The vast majority more than two-thirds of its victims were Irish Catholic civilians, who were often killed at random. During the conflict, its deadliest attack in Northern Ireland was the 1971 McGurks Bar bombing, which killed fifteen civilians. The group also carried out attacks in the Republic of Ireland from 1969 onward. The biggest of these was the 1974 