The Lord Mayor of Dublin will tomorrow host a civic reception for the family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney.
The reception will be held in the city's Mansion House at 7pm. The idea to hold the event was agreed by a meeting of Dublin City Council earlier this month.
Speaking ahead of the reception today, the Lord Mayor, Cllr Michael Conaghan, said: "The bravery, courage, and dignity of the McCartney family and Bridgeen (Mr McCartney's fiancée) in their quest for justice for their brother's death has been an inspiration to many people."
Yesterday, Paula McCartney said more witnesses to the killing had come forward.
Ms McCartney held talks on the killing in Belfast with US President George Bush's special envoy to Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss. "We are hopeful something is going to happen sooner, rather than later," she said.
Mr McCartney was stabbed in the throat and stomach on January 30th outside a Belfast city bar following a row with senior IRA men. The identities of the chief suspects are known, but nobody has been charged.
The McCartneys have accused republicans of not doing enough to help bring their brother's killers to justice.
Afterwards Ms McCartney said she was reassured the US administration was fully behind the family's campaign.
