McCartney sisters vow to keep up fight

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.

Mr McCartney's five sisters, along with Bridgeen Hagans, the 27-year-old partner of the murdered man, repeated their call for action to catch the killers.

However, the family said they were "disgusted" by claims that two of the leading suspects in the murder outside Magennis's Bar on January 30 had key roles in the St Patrick's Day parade in the Short Strand in Belfast.