Man falsely convicted of Sallins train robbery seeking public inquiry

Osgur Breathnach at his home in Dublin. Mr Breathnach wants a public inquiry into events leading to his false conviction in the Sallins mail train robbery case in 1976.  Picture: Moya Nolan

A man who was the subject of a major miscarriage of justice case is petitioning the UN to force the Irish state to conduct an inquiry into the matter. 

Osgur Breatnach, who was one of three men convicted and subsequently cleared of the Sallins mail train robbery in 1976, wants a public inquiry into events which included the abuse in garda custody of a number of men and the obtaining of false confessions under “oppression”.