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| McCartney murderers 'being protected' |
| 2005-04-17 |
| The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney have said Republicans are still shielding the IRA men who murdered him. As hundreds of supporters attended a prayer vigil in memory of the father-of-two, his sisters alleged the top Provisional suspected of ordering the killing has not been thrown out of the organisation. Paula McCartney said: "The fact that people are still not arrested, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that they are being protected. "On the street where it really matters... what is visible is that he is still in the same position and holding the same authority he held 10 weeks ago." It was the first time all five of the murder victim's sisters and fiancee, Bridgeen Hagans, had returned to the Belfast city centre scene of the killing. Amid calls from party president Gerry Adams for any witnesses to the pub brawl to reveal what they know to Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan, a number of Sinn Fein members have been suspended. The IRA has also expelled three of its men in a bid to halt the damage to its reputation. But the family, who disclosed they have had fresh contact with Sinn Fein in the last 48 hours, insisted it has still not done enough. Paula McCartney, who said she was overwhelmed by the level of public support, added: "This is a clear message to me that the people have had enough. "They know who did this to Robert, this is the street they did it in, the police know who did it, the IRA know who did it, the IRA have admitted who did it. "We believe Sinn Fein and the IRA have the power to deliver these people to justice. Until that is done, we don't believe Sinn Fein has done all it can to help this family." |
| Posted by:too true |
| #2 "The IRA has also expelled three of its men in a bid to halt the damage to its reputation" an attempted rise to whale shit. |
| Posted by: Huputch Jesh6219 2005-04-17 11:58:49 PM |
| #1 Maybe they can get the Boston politicos who've been financing the IRA all these years to lend a hand? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-04-17 8:44:17 PM |