FOR six months in 2005 their story covered newspapers and TV screens worldwide. It even knocked the war in Iraq from top spot in CNN’s coverage for a day.

Animal rights campaigners Paul McCartney and his wife Heather believe UK high street shoppers could be unwittingly purchasing real fur.

A day before Canada’s contentious seal hunt begins on the frozen ice floes off the Gulf of St Lawrence, Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather, made another plea to stop it.

The mother of murdered Belfast father of two, Robert McCartney today hoped more pressure from senior US politicians would force republicans to help convict her son’s killers.

The family of murdered Dublin man Joseph Rafferty will reportedly be invited to meet US President George W Bush at the White House on St Patrick's Day.

The family of IRA murder victim Robert McCartney will today launch a new appeal for information on the first anniversary of his death.

THE McCartney sisters, whose brother was stabbed to death outside a bar in Belfast almost a year ago, received the top accolade in the Irish Tatler Women of the Year Awards last night.

A former British official has accused the sisters of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney of hypocrisy over their decision to snub an awards ceremony in London.

The family of murdered Dublin man Joseph Rafferty today dismissed an invitation to meet by Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams as a PR stunt.

IRA members will not cede control of strongly republican districts in the North, despite yesterday’s announcement on the decommissioning of weapons, the sister of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney said last night.

THE sisters and partner of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney collectively won the overall award at the 31st annual ESB/Rehab People of the Year awards ceremony in Dublin on Saturday.

The family of a man shot dead in west Dublin met the McCartney sisters in Belfast today.

Relatives of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney have accused republicans of orchestrating a growing campaign of intimidation against them.

THE family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney have called on senior Sinn Féin members to use their influence to end a ‘fresh round of intimidation’ against their family and friends.

A campaign of intimidation by IRA men against the family of murder victim Robert McCartney is intensifying, his sister claimed today.

Six months after Robert McCartney’s killing, the IRA’s commitment to end violence means little to his loved ones still persecuted for their battle for justice, writes John Breslin.

The family of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney today requested a meeting with Sinn Féin to discuss the party's handling of the case.

A senior Sinn Féin representative today said he did not believe the latest threat against the family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney came from republicans.

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

The sisters of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney have been nominated for an international humanitarian award, it was announced today.

WHO does Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams think he’s codding?

Sinn Féin and the IRA were under renewed pressure tonight following threats to burn down the homes of the family of murdered Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney.

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.

The sisters of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney are in Strasbourg today for a sitting of the European Parliament.

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.

The sisters of the murdered Belfast man, Robert McCartney, are backing the families of two other murdered men in their quests for justice.

The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney have accused republicans of forcing them to abandon distributing leaflets in the Short Strand area of the city last night.

REPUBLICANS were last night accused of forcing the sisters and partner of IRA murder victim Robert McCartney to abandon a door-to-door distribution of leaflets calling for support for a vigil in his memory.

The sisters of murdered Belfast man, Robert McCartney, are planning to bring their campaign for justice south of the border.

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.

THE family of Robert McCartney yesterday indicated they could launch an appeal to raise funds for a civil action against his killers.

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.

The killers of Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney were today branded cowards by Gerry Adams for failing to face up to what they had done.

The IRA’s statement confirming it had offered to shoot the killers of Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney was a mistake, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness acknowledged today.

Sinn Féin's National Chairman Mary Lou McDonald has denied the existence of a "culture of fear" in Belfast's Short Strand which is preventing witnesses to Robert McCartney's murder from coming forward with evidence.

The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney has claimed the IRA has allowed one the men it expelled over his role in the murder back into its ranks.

THE sisters of murdered Belfast father of two Robert McCartney have decided against contesting elections as part of their campaign to force his killers into court.

I WISH to respond to Terry Prone’s column headlined ‘McCartney sisters fail to capture imagination of American media’ (Irish Examiner, March 20).

A company part-owned by a senior SDLP figure reportedly helped arrange the McCartney family's visit to the United States last week.

I FIND most hypocritical President George W Bush’s White House invitation to the McCartney sisters and his declaration of support for the families’ quest for justice for their dead brother.

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.