Career
The eldest of John and Mary Fullerton"s 20 children, Eddie emigrated to Scotland at the age of 18, and then moved to England. They returned to Ireland in 1975. He was elected to Donegal County Council for Sinn Féin in 1979, and held his seat until his assassination at age 56.
Ulster loyalist paramilitaries shot Eddie six times from the stairs as he left the bedroom to investigate the noise.
A month later, a documentary on British television revealed that a police file from Royal Ulster Constabulary intelligence containing Fullerton"s photograph and details was found in the possession of the UDA in Derry. The weapon used to kill him was recovered two years later.
The perpetrators were never foundation The Fullerton family has long campaigned for an independent public inquiry into the events surrounding his death.
This was the third assassination of an elected representative in the Republic of Ireland since its independence from the United Kingdom.
