DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL BACKS INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO MURDER OF COUNCILLOR EDDIE FULLERTON

Gerry Adams with Eddie's son, Albert, at Leinster House, 2005

DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL has passed a motion with cross-party support calling for an independent public inquiry into the murder of Donegal Councillor Eddie Fullerton.

Eddie Fullerton (56) was shot dead in his Buncrana home in front of his wife, Diana, on Saturday 25th May 1991 in an attack claimed by the Ulster Defence Association but which is suspected of being orchestrated by British military and intelligence agencies.

Sinn Féin TD Pádraig Mac Lochlainn recently wrote in An Phoblacht:

Eddie was killed as part of a campaign of targeted assassinations in the late 1980s and early 1990s by the British state in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries of Sinn Féin elected representatives, Sinn Féin members, unarmed IRA Volunteers, human rights lawyers, and GAA officials.

Eddie’s family have been campaigning tirelessly to uncover the truth about who was behind the assassination of one of the most prominent and popular Sinn Féin figures of the 1970s and 1980s.

Eddie’s inexhaustible commitment to public service and campaigning for jobs and civil rights won the begrudging respect of even Sinn Féin’s political foes.

Motion passed by Donegal County Council:

In support of the family of Cllr Eddie Fullerton on the 20th anniversary of his death, this Council calls for an independent public inquiry into his murder and calls for full co-operation from both the Irish and British governments.

Welcoming the cross-party support for his motion calling for the public inquiry into Eddie Fullerton’s murder, Inishowen Sinn Féin County Councillor Jack Murray said:

Twenty years after the murder of Councillor Eddie Fullerton, his family have yet to see justice and find out the truth about his murder.

The huge crowd that gathered in Buncrana at the weekend for Eddie’s 20th anniversary was testament to the popularity and respect which Eddie had earned during his life.

It was a very emotional event and it was clear that Eddie is still sorely missed by his family and friends in Inishowen and further afield.

Many, many questions remain unanswered in relation to the circumstances which led to his death.  The Fullerton family deserves these answers.

My motion received support from all parties in Donegal County Council. The Irish and British governments must now take heed and tell the truth about the murder of one of Donegal’s most highly respected representatives. All information they have in relation to this matter must be released.

He added:

I want to pay tribute to Eddie’s family for their tireless campaign for justice over the last two decades.