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
Judiciary – not just gardaí – face questions about past actions
Implications of judges’s decisions can have far-reaching consequences for those involved
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’
An ordinary bloke with many talents: Remembering Jer O’Leary
‘Will forever be remembered for his unstinting political activism’ - President Higgins
Wronged man still seeking answers 40 years after Sallins train robbery
Recent garda whistleblowing has given Osgur Breatnach hope someone will come forward
Garda scandals: Force dogged by controversy over number of decades
We list the big controversies to hit the Garda since the 1970s
Vincent Browne: Garda dysfunctionality is nothing new
Sallins train robbery, envoy’s murder and Kerry babies case were all shrouded in controversy
Case for radical reform of Garda now unequivocal
From the ‘heavy gang’ to Maurice McCabe, questions on accountability persist
Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’
‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’
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
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
1984: the year that brought Ronald Reagan and Dunnes strikers
Key events from 30 years ago as State papers are about be released
Dog days for our boys in blue: The Policing of Ireland
Review: Conor Brady’s study of Irish policing since the Troubles is a roll call of all-to-familiar scandals
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