The Taoiseach has said he will discuss the stalled Northern Ireland peace process when he meets US President George Bush at the White House later today.

The family of murdered Belfast father of two Robert McCartney is to meet Tony Blair later today.

The campaigning sisters of a murdered Belfast man today refused to share a stage with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

A close friend of IRA murder victim Robert McCartney is under new threat from the Provisionals, he claimed tonight.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain is poised to call new talks with the North's political leaders in a bid to restore devolution after the IRA declared an end to its armed campaign.

THE family of murdered Belfast father of two Robert McCartney yesterday requested a meeting with Sinn Féin to discuss the party’s handling of the case.

A PUB bouncer will be charged today with the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney while a senior IRA figure will face an attempted murder charge in relation to a separate attack on Mr McCartney’s friend, Brendan Devine.

Detectives are continuing to question two men today in connection with the murder of Robert McCartney.

Two men were tonight being questioned by police investigating the murder of Robert McCartney.

The McCartney family say they are seriously concerned by a new threat to them from what has been described as republican elements.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams said threats to burn the family of murdered Belfast father of two Robert McCartney out of their homes did not come from his party.

Threats to burn the family of murdered Belfast father of two Robert McCartney out of their homes were branded “beneath contempt” today.

The family of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney were today considering security arrangements after receiving threats that they would be burnt out of their homes and business.

Police in Belfast tonight warned the family of Robert McCartney, the murdered father of two, of threats from “criminal elements” to have them burnt out of their homes and business.

THE European Parliament yesterday approved an unprecedented motion on the use of EU funds to help the McCartney family to bring the IRA killers of their brother to justice.

Gerry Adams was harangued in a republican area of Belfast while canvassing in the British General Election because of his stance on the murder of father-of-two Robert McCartney, it was claimed today.

EUROPEAN Parliament President Josep Borrell will hold talks today with senior European MPs in a bid to break the “wall of silence” surrounding the murder of Robert McCartney.

European Parliament President Josep Borrell is holding talks with senior Euro-MPs tomorrow in a bid to break the “wall of silence” surrounding the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney.

The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney are taking their campaign for justice to the heart of Europe today.

DETECTIVES were last night questioning a man about the murder of Robert McCartney who was stabbed to death after a row in a Belfast bar.

Detectives tonight questioned a man about the murder of Robert McCartney, who was stabbed to death after a row with republicans in a Belfast bar.

The family of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney is considering a civil action against his killers similar to the case against people accused of the Omagh bomb.

A second sister of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney has decided not to contest the upcoming British general election in the North.

JUST four statements from people who were in the pub where IRA murder victim Robert McCartney was attacked have been handed to the Police Ombudsman, it emerged last night.

Just four statements from people who were in the pub where IRA murder victim Robert McCartney was attacked have been handed to the Police Ombudsman, it emerged tonight.

THE family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney were greeted by cheers and applause at Dublin airport yesterday when they returned from their visit to Washington, where they met US President George Bush.

The McCartney sisters today called for action to catch the killers of their brother, as they returned from their visit with US President George Bush.

Political progress in Northern Ireland will be stalled until Sinn Féin deals with IRA criminality, Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy said today.

The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney has expressed renewed hope in their campaign for justice after their meeting US President George W Bush yesterday.

US President George Bush told the family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney today that he believed their campaign could bring peace in Northern Ireland.

Mary Dundon, Political Reporter and Victoria Ward in Washington

A political settlement in Northern Ireland will not help the campaign to bring Robert McCartney’s killers to justice, his family claimed tonight.

The sisters and fiancee of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney have said they will be trying to convince Americans to abandon any romantic notions they may have about the IRA.

THE family of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney will hand over a dossier on his killing to US President George Bush when they meet him in the White House tomorrow.

MARTIN McGuinness last night challenged Northern Ireland’s top police officer to explain why an IRA suspect in the Robert McCartney murder has not been arrested.

The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney vowed to dispel any romantic vision held by Americans of the Northern Ireland troubles as they arrived on US soil tonight.

The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney has dismissed Sinn Féin claims that they are being manipulated by anti-republican elements.

THE family of murdered father-of-two Robert McCartney is to meet US senator Hillary Clinton in Washington this week to step up political pressure on Sinn Féin and the IRA to force his killers into court.

The family of Robert McCartney today challenged Sinn Féin’s fitness for government following revelations that one of its election candidates was in Magennis’s bar on the night he was murdered.

Sinn Féin chief negotiator Martin McGuinness said today he didn’t care who was in Magennis's bar the night robert McCartney was murdered as long as they gave information to the authorities.

A Sinn Féin Assembly election candidate was among around 70 people in the bar where Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney was murdered, it emerged today.

The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney has issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to come forward after meeting with Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams last night.

The sisters of Belfast man Robert McCartney have said it is becoming frustrating that nothing is happening in relation to the investigation into his murder.

IT was everybody else’s fault: Ian Paisley’s, David Trimble’s, Mary Harney’s, Michael McDowell’s. Particularly Michael McDowell’s.