Politicians have called for extra police to be drafted into a Co Antrim seaside town following the latest in a series of killings outside its pubs and nightclubs.
Mr Brian Caskey (24), a hotel barman, died in a fight outside the Bed nightclub in Station Square in Portrush early yesterday. It followed an apparent falling-out among friends who had been drinking together until 1.30 a.m. The fight took place around 15 minutes later.
A 23-year-old man is being questioned by detectives, and police are studying film from a CCTV camera which captured the incident.
Mr Caskey was repeatedly punched in the face during the fight. He was dead on arrival at hospital. He lived in Coleraine.
Three years ago, Ms Julie Hamill, a niece of the SDLP Assembly member, Mr Eddie McGrady, was found stripped, raped and murdered on the beach. She had been in Kelly's nightclub.Last August a Belfast student died in hospital from head injuries after allegedly being attacked near the same nightclub. Three years ago a 25-year-old local man was kicked to death while walking home from the same club.