Sean Eugene Dalton

Sean Dalton, died when an IRA booby trapped bomb exploded on 31st August 1988 in Kildrum Gardens in Creggan. Sheila Lewis was also killed instantly, and Gerard Curran died of his injuries 7 months later. 

1988
Kildrum Gardens, Creggan, Derry
Collusion

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  • Statement on behalf of the family of Sean Eugene Dalton

    PFC
    10 August 2013
    Thank you for coming here today. We wish to read a statement on behalf of the Dalton family. Our daddy, Sean Dalton, died when an IRA booby trapped bomb exploded on 31st August 1988 in Kildrum Gardens in Creggan. Sheila Lewis was also killed instantly, and Gerard Curran died of his injuries 7 months...

  • Family of Derry man Eugene Dalton 'need answers'

    BBC news
    08 November 2013
    The family of Eugene Dalton, who was killed by an IRA booby-trap bomb in Londonderry 25 years ago, have called for the Police Ombudsman to re-examine their claims that the police were protecting an informer.

  • Northern Ireland Retired Police Officer's Association rebuttal of Police Ombudsman report

    Northern Ireland Retired Police Officer's Association
    01 October 2013
    A response to the determination by the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland that a breach of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Police occurred.

  • Police should have warned about bomb

    Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
    10 July 2013
    The police had information there was an IRA booby trap bomb in a property in the Creggan Estate in Derry/Londonderry but did nothing to warn those living there of the possible danger.

  • ‘Good Samaritan’ bombing inquest refused by High Court

    Courts Service
    29 March 2017
    Request for new inquest into the deaths of Sean Dalton in Derry on 1988 refused by the High Court.

  • Dalton family response to DUP Westminster debate

    28 March 2019
    Our father, Sean Dalton, died as a result of an IRA bomb in August 1988 in Creggan, Derry, along with his neighbour, Sheila Lewis. Another neighbour, Gerard Curran, passed away some months later. It is known as the ‘Good Samaritan’ case as Sean, Sheila and Gerard had gone to check on a vulnerable...

  • ‘Good Samaritan Bombing’ family win Court of Appeal judgment against Attorney General for Northern Ireland

    Joint Statement from KRW Law & the Pat Finucane Centre
    04 May 2020
    Earlier today, 4th May 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the appeal of Rosaleen Dalton, against the judgment of the High Court in 2017. Rosaleen's sister Dorothy had applied to the Attorney General for a fresh inquest into the death of their father, Eugene Dalton, from the horrific...