Arrest made over 1987 double murder of Belfast men

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Monday, 4 September 2017 11:20

By David Hunter

By David Hunter

Gardaí investigating the double murder of two Belfast men in 1987 have arrested a man in his 60's.

Thomas Power and John Gerard O'Reilly were shot in the lounge of the at the Rossnaree Hotel in Drogheda.

It's understood it may have been part of an internal INLA Feud.

A man aged in his 60s was arrested on Monday morning in the Dublin area.

He is being held at Drogheda garda station under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

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