Four arrested in RUC murder inquiry

Four people have been arrested in a RUC murder inquiry after the disappearance of a businessman in the North last summer.

Four people have been arrested in a RUC murder inquiry after the disappearance of a businessman in the North last summer.

Three men and a woman were detained in Co Fermanagh where the RUC carried out a series of searches in an attempt to find the body of Mr Gerry McGinley.

He was last seen with his wife Julie outside a hotel in Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh last August.

The woman and two of the men come from Fermanagh. The third man is from Ballyshannon in Co Donegal.

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Mr McGinley (34) a haulier, lived with his wife and two children outside Ballinamallard in Co Fermanagh.

Even though no body has been discovered police confirmed today they have started a murder investigation.

His wife Julie told the RUC he left the couple's home with some men in a car registered in the Republic.

Gardaí in Manorhamilton in Co Leitrim are also involved in the search.