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Suzanne Breen Tribune.ie **Via Newshound November 9, 2008 The family of murdered Belfast man, Robert McCartney, have said they believe the police have no interest in bringing his killers to justice. They have begun legal action to obtain police files on the case . In their first interview since three men charged in connection with events on the night of the 2005 murder were found not guilty, the McCartney...
Readers may remember the murder in a Belfast pub of Robert McCartney; and the campaign that his sisters mounted to bring those who committed this crime to justice. Unlike the UK and Irish media for which old news is truly chip paper. Al Jazeera TV have revisited the story, it comes in two parts and is well worth a look as it gives us a glimpse into life on one of Belfast most embattled Republican/nationalist...
Fair Deal and Mick have already mentioned this but there’s another point of interest to note. Sinn Féin’s Alex Maskey threatened to set his lawyers on Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie for her comments about Robert McCartney’s murder, but with parliamentary privilege in play he had to settle for a gentle chiding of the minister by the Speaker, the DUP’s Willie Hay - as Newton Emerson noted...
The Speaker has censured Margaret Ritchie for her references to the Robert McCartney murder during a debate about Environmental Improvement Schemes in the Markets area.
By William Graham Political Correspondent Irish News **Via Newshound 01/10/08 AN assembly debate yesterday on housing in the Markets area of Belfast turned into a bitter clash between SDLP minister Margaret Ritchie and Sinn Fein’s Alex Maskey over the murder of Robert McCartney. During one exchange the minister told Mr Maskey – who is due to meet Ms Ritchie on the matter next month – that all she will...
Mick Fealty in a sharp and poignant post on the acquittals in the trial related to the Robert McCartney murder and their macro implications in the North. It should be chilling reading for the sensible wing of Sinn Fein and anybody who thinks they are a vehicle for a united Ireland: From the beginning, the peace process was a behaviorist project. It was never as interested in genuine changes of hearts...
Mick Fealty: Witnesses in the Robert McCartney murder case were too scared to testify. Has the peace process in Northern Ireland really filtered down to ground level?
I don't wish to speculate on who killed Robert McCartney , who else may have been involved or why few witnesses have come forward. Nevertheless, I was struck by the reaction of Mr McCartney's sister, Catherine after the murder trial. While admitting that she was "very disappointed" about the acquittal of the main suspect in the case last week, she said: "Given the evidence, I believe that the judge's...
