Silence continues to surround McCartney death

Robert McCartney's family arrived back in Northern Ireland from the United States yesterday to find the silence surrounding their brother's death still firmly in place.

Despite being feted by some of the most powerful people in the world during a whirlwind tour of Washington, McCartney's five sisters and 27-year-old partner Bridgeen Hagans were no closer to putting his killers behind bars as they flew back.

Yesterday the women, who have expressed their frustration that the police investigation into the 33-year-old father-of-two's death has not progressed, called on the Irish and British Governments to help break through the silence.