Mick Clifford: Sallins Inquiry gig a sold-out show of solidarity 

Nearly 50 years on, the Sallins Inquiry Now gig marks a renewed call for justice

'A packed house was in attendance on a night heavy with yearning for accountability. A grievous wrong had been done to young men way back then, but an injury was also inflicted on a State purporting to uphold democracy.' File picture

A Paddywagon was parked up across the road from Vicar Street.

Some of those attending the gig at the music venue observed it wryly, as if time had travelled back to the old days. Others couldn’t rid themselves of an itch of suspicion that the special branch has been resurrected.