Pub row murder a much bigger blow to SF than Belfast bank raid

SINN FÉIN and the Provisional movement generally are facing one of their most difficult tests ever.

Pub row murder a much bigger blow to SF than Belfast bank raid
Thu, 17 Feb, 2005 - 00:00
Noel Whelan

The murder two weeks ago in Belfast of 33-year-old father of two Robert McCartney has unleashed forces within and without nationalism which are much more potent and more troubling for the republican movement’s leadership then those unleashed by the Northern Bank raid controversy.

Details of the horrific murder have been put together second-hand by Robert McCartney’s sisters.

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