Northern Ireland

Man held over 1987 INLA feud murders released

 The funeral of INLA men Thomas 'Ta' Power and John Gerard O'Reilly in 1987
 The funeral of INLA men Thomas 'Ta' Power and John Gerard O'Reilly in 1987  The funeral of INLA men Thomas 'Ta' Power and John Gerard O'Reilly in 1987

A man arrested over the murders of two men in an INLA feud 30 years ago has been released without charge.

Michael Weldon, originally from Dublin but who had been living in Amsterdam since the early 1990s was detained in Dublin yesterday over the deaths of Thomas Power, pictured, and John O’Reilly in the Rossnaree Hotel, Drogheda, on January 20 1987.

The arrest follows an appeal earlier this year by two of Mr Power’s sisters.

The men were shot dead after going to the hotel with the intention of trying to mediate in a bloody internal dispute in the INLA.

Mr Weldon was released after being taken in for questioning under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939.