The Irish Times

Call for independent inquiry into justice system’s handling of Sallins case

Kerry Babies Tribunal ‘an aggressive and toxic inquisition’ by a judge then promoted

Tue Feb 22 2022 - 01:06

Judiciary – not just gardaí – face questions about past actions

Implications of judges’s decisions can have far-reaching consequences for those involved

Sat Jan 29 2022 - 05:26

Cormac Breatnach: Blowing the whistle on a family trauma

In 1976, his brother Osgur Breatnach was wrongly arrested for the Sallins train robbery, and this album deals with the long-term pain. ‘It has released a huge burden for me’

Thu Jan 10 2019 - 05:00

Wronged man still seeking answers 40 years after Sallins train robbery

Recent garda whistleblowing has given Osgur Breatnach hope someone will come forward

Wed Oct 24 2018 - 06:00

Garda scandals: Force dogged by controversy over number of decades

We list the big controversies to hit the Garda since the 1970s

Thu Apr 06 2017 - 18:28

Vincent Browne: Garda dysfunctionality is nothing new

Sallins train robbery, envoy’s murder and Kerry babies case were all shrouded in controversy

Fri Mar 31 2017 - 14:56

Nicky Kelly still seeks answers for Sallins train robbery arrest

State’s most notorious miscarriage of justice case has yet to be explained, 40 years on

Tue Apr 05 2016 - 01:00

The drama and debacle of the Sallins train robbery

Musician Cormac Breatnach’s brother was wrongly convicted of the 1976 Sallins Mail Train Robbery at the behest of a cohort within the Garda. Now he hopes a new theatre show will cast light on the injustice

Sat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00