Ireland Named in reporting
Osgur Breatnach
Born 1950, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 1 case, 25 Jul 2025 to 21 Jul 2026
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1950, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- Irish, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Robbery
- Where
- Co. Kildare
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 25 Jul 2025 to 21 Jul 2026
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie
Photographs
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Cases
latest first- Sallins train robbery conviction certified as miscarriage of justice Robbery · Co. Kildare
On 31 March 1976, a Cork-to-Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins, Co Kildare, and an estimated £200,000 was stolen. Irish man Osgur Breatnach, 75, was one of five Irish Republican Socialist Party members arrested in connection with the robbery and was convicted by the Special Criminal Court in December 1978 alongside Nicky Kelly and Brian McNally, who died the previous month. Breatnach was sentenced to 12 years and served 18 months before his conviction was quashed in May 1980 after the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled his confession had been obtained under oppression. In July 2026, the Court of Appeal certified the conviction as a miscarriage of justice, citing newly discovered alibi evidence from John Fitzpatrick.
In court, 25 Jul 2025Convicted, accused · 5 reports
Timeline
every report naming Osgur Breatnach, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 21 Jul2026Osgur Breatnach’s wrongful conviction for Sallins train robbery declared miscarriage of justiceaccused, Osgur Breatnach, 75, male, named, irish (judged from name)Osgur Breatnach
- 1 Jul2026Man's wrongful conviction for 1976 Sallins train robbery declared a miscarriage of justiceconvicted, Osgur Breatnach, 75, male, named, irish (judged from name)Osgur Breatnach
- 5 Jun2026State will not oppose bid to have Sallins robbery conviction declared miscarriage of justice, court hearsconvicted, Osgur Breatnach, 75, male, named, irish (judged from name)Osgur Breatnach
- 29 Mar2026‘The case shattered my life’: Calls for public inquiry 50 years on from Sallins train robberyconvicted, Osgur Breatnach, 75, male, Irish, named, irishOsgur Breatnach
- 25 Jul2025Sallins train robbery: Man (75) seeks to have wrongful conviction declared miscarriage of justiceconvicted, Osgur Breatnach, 75, male, Irish, named, irishOsgur Breatnach
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