Detectives in the North arrested a 51-year-old man in Jonesborough Co Armagh this morning in connection with the murder of Robert McCartney in Belfast eight years ago.
He has been taken to Antrim Serious Crime Suite for questioning. A property in Jonesborough has also been searched. There are no further details at present.
Mr McCartney (33) a father of two from the Short Strand area of Belfast, was beaten and stabbed after a row at a bar close to the city centre in January 2005. He died later in hospital.
His sisters, who have accused republicans of covering up the killing and intimidating witnesses, launched a campaign for justice which took them to the White House.
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To date no-one has been convicted.