Derry Ógra host Youth 4 Truth Conference

Doire Ógra Shinn Fein hosted a successful conference on Youth 4 Truth on Saturday 2 February. The event-to coincide with the Bloody Sunday weekend was addressed by John Kelly-of the Bloody Sunday families and Amanda Fullerton of the Eddie Fullerton Justice campaign.

John in his address spoke of the need for Saville to deliver the truth in his upcoming report. It is expected that Saville will release the findings from the inquiry later in the year. According to John If this discloses the truth it will bring some form of closure to the families of victims killed on Bloody Sunday. However if it is Widgery part two then the campaign for truth and justice will continue.

In her address Amanda Fullerton spoke of the family’s belief that there was collusion in the murder of her father, Sinn Fein councillor Eddie Fullerton.

In 1991, British agents using the cover of the UFF sledge hammered in the door of the Fullerton family home in Co Donegal and made their way straight to Eddie’s bedroom. Eddie got up to investigate the disturbance and was shot dead. Months previous Eddie had received a death threat and a live bullet from a group styling itself the’ Maiden City Action Force’.

Amanda said that there had to be collusion in the murder due to possible leads in the murder not being following up by the RUC / PSNI and Guards in the south. She also alluded to the fact that the killers made their way to Eddie’s bedroom without having any knowledge of the layout of the house. Amanda also said since the formation of the Eddie Fullerton Justice Campaign facts and information have been presented to us to prove there was collusion in the murder. Stories of possible leads not being followed up, suspects not being questioned and the family being left in the dark in terms of the investigation has in all but name confirmed collusion.

Speaking following the Youth 4 Truth event, Niall Doran of Doire Martyrs Ógra Shinn Féin Said

“The conference today was about Amanda and John relating to their experiences of British state violence as young people. John was a youth when Bloody Sunday took place in 1972 as was Amanda when her father was killed in Donegal in 1991. The young people, who gathered today for the conference is the generation who are dealing with that legacy. We are the generation who are still demanding truth on the so-called 'dirty war' in Ireland. The British government must come clean and admit its role in collusion.”