Who Are We and our Patrons?

Who are behind Sallins Inquiry Now
Sallins Inquiry Now is a campaign directed by members of the family of Osgur Breatnach.
The campaign aims are supported by Nicky Kelly and Brian McNally, who were tortured and framed alongside Osgur.
Irish Supreme Court Justice Adrian Hardiman … Amnesty International … The Irish Council for Civil Liberties … Ex and sitting Presidents … Mary MacAleese, Mary Robinson, Michael D Higgins … Adviser to Irish Council of State, Michael Farrell … Singer/Songwriter Christy Moore … Ex UN Assistant General Secretary Dennis Halliday … Musician Donal Lunny … Law Professor Kent University Dermot Walsh … Actor Donal O’Kelly … Musician Keith Donald … Chair of European (CCBE) Criminal Law Committee, solicitor James MacGuill … Retired Judge Pat McCartan … Poet Paula Meehan … Film and TV director/producer Lelia Doolan…South African Minister and ICCL founder Kadar Asmal… Birminham Six (Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power, John Walker)… Guildford Four (Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Paddy Armstrong, Carole Richardson)…ex Philippine hostage Fr. Niall O’Brien… UN consultants International Association of Democratic Lawyers… International Commission of Jurists… author MP Chris Mullen… musician Tony McMahon… Irish Congress of Trade Unions… Fr. Donal O’Carroll… Papal Nuncio Archbishop Alibrandi… performer Mick Hanley… author Tim Pat Coogan… Brehon Law Society USA…African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights … Christian Association for Abolition of Torture…International Commission of Jurists, Geneva…Association for Legal Justice… Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union… Aux Bishop J. Kavanagh …… Human Rights lawyer Paul O’Dwyer USA…Irish Commission for Justice and Peace… ex-US Attorney General Ramsey Clarke…Human Rights activists Berrigan Brothers, Frs. Raymond Murray, Des Wilson… actor Niall Toibín… actor Mick Lally…actor Cyril Cusack…actor Brendan Gleeson…actress Finuala Flanagan…comedian and actor Niall Tóibín…broadcaster Gay Byrne…Liberty UK…Cardinal O’Fiaich…Maitre Antoine Comte, Paris…Human Rights Watch, London … Syndicat De Magistrature Judge E Bloch … Lawyer, Le Droit DeL’Homme Paul Bykaerk … RHA Yann Goulet … MRIAI Uinseann MacEoin … Journalist Brendan O Cathaoir … Comhalachas Daon Scoil Brendan O Cearbhaill … MAC Dr Dermot McDermot … Free Legal Aid Centres…PaxChristi Ireland ) (consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, UNICEF and the Council of Europe…Carrick-an-Suir Trades Council…Sligo Co. Council…Conradh na Gaeilge… Clare Co. Council…Dr. Rhona Fields (US psychiatrist)…Waterford Trades Council…Nenagh Co. Council…Community Government Movement…actress Siobhan McKenna…Edinburgh University Students Association…writer Desmond Fennell…Derry Trades Council…Labour Party Dublin Southeast…Longford Co. Council…Irish Post Office Engineering Union…actor Cyril Cusack…Trinity College Dublin Labour Party…writer/broadcaster Proinsias Mac Aonghusa…Navan Trades Council…Donegal Co. Council…writer Con Houlihan…Labour Party Ranelagh Branch…Galway Co. Council…author Ulick O’Connor… University College Dublin Fianna Fail…NEETUnion(Dublin No.1 Branch)…poet Seamus Deane…Fianna Fail Harry Boland Cuman…Law professor Barry McAuley…University College Galway Students Union…Fianna Fail Eamon O Murchú Cumann…Cashel Co. Council…Menonite Church…journalist John Mulcahy… Federated Workers Union of Ireland…Dr. Robert Daly (psychiatrist)… Northside Dublin Women’s Group…lecturer Augustine Martin…Workers Party Wicklow Comhairle Ceanntar… National Institute of Higher Education Students Unions…Datsun car workers…Bray Trades Council…author/ journalist Tim Pat Coogan…Ranks workers…Women Workers Union…Leitrim Co. Council… Kadar Asmal (lecturer/ government minister South Africa)… Connolly Youth Movement…Arklow Co. Council…Brendan O’Duill…Psychiatric Nurses Association…Communist Party of Ireland…Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (Limerick)…Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist Leninist)…Drogheda Corporation…Irish Commission for Justice & Peace… Dublin Anarchist Collective…Navan Co. Council… Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (9d1 Branch) … League for the Workers Republic… Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (11102 Branch) … Buncrana Co. Council… Robert Ballagh… Irish Civil Rights Association… Bernadette McAliskey… Dublin Gay Rights Collective… Kerry Co. Council… Irish Transport & General Workers Union… T.O’Mahony… Peoples Democracy… IRSP… Dublin City Council… Irish Painters and Decorators Union… Revolutionary Struggle… Jerome Connolly (independent expert Irish Department of Foreign Affairs – NGO Standing Committee on Human Rights) … Limerick Trades Council… Kildare Co. Council… Sinn Féin… Roscommon Co. Council… Dublin Trades Council… Socialist Works Movement…Shannon Trades Council…Dundalk Regional Technical College Students Union…Spirit of Freedom Committee…author Robert Merle…Prisoners’ Rights Organisation…Margueretta D’Arcy (actress/ writer/ playwright)…Sligo Trades Council…Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi Papal Nuncio Ireland…Plumbers Union (southern)…Joe Costello TD…Union of Students of Ireland…Drogheda Trades Council…Naas Urban District Council…University College Dublin Students Union…Prof. Ivor Browne…Bray Co. Council… Irish Post Office Engineering Union…journalist/author Eamonn McCann…Trinity College Dublin Students Union…Union of Construction…Allied Trades and Technicians Cork 2nd Branch) …journalist Vincent Browne…Shannon Town Commissioners…University College Cork Law Society…Longford Co. Council…broadcaster Sean Mac Mathuna…
Above are only some of the broad international spectrum of legal, political, human rights, trade unionists, religious figures, artists and personalities concerned about the case….

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Campaign Patrons

We would like to thank the following for consenting to act as patrons for the campaign:

Denis J Halliday. Ex- UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq. Ex- UN Deputy Resident Representative to Singapore for UN Development Programme. Economics, Geography and Public Administration MA. Recipient Gandhi International Peace Award.

Christy Moore. Singer, musician, songwriter. 

Cormac Ó Dulacháin. Senior Counsel. B.Ed, BL, ACIArb, MII, Mediation (Harvard).  

Donal Lunny, musician, producer, actor, writer, playwright.

Donal O’Kelly. Award winning actor, playwright.   

James Macguill. Snr Vice- President  Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE); ex-chair Anti Money Laundering Task Force; ex- President of the Law Society;  chair of Criminal Law Committee of the CCBE. Nominated to serve on many Government bodies  including working groups/task forces on Legal Aid, Jurisdiction of the Criminal Courts, National Crime Forum, Interviewing of Suspects, and the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board. Member of  Legal Services Regulatory Authority.

Judge Pat McCartan. Ex- Circuit Court judge, ex- politician, solicitor in Sallins Case.  

Keith Donald. Musician, playwright, writer.  

Leila Doolan. Film Director, Producer, ex- Director Abbey Theatre,  founder Director Galway Film Fleadh, ex-chairperson of the Irish Film Board.

Michael Farrell. Solicitor. Member Irish Council of State. Member European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance. Ex- internee, ex- Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, ex-chair Irish Counsel for Civil Liberties, ex-member Irish Human Rights Commission. 

Paddy Hayes. Producer, Director,  Multimedia Masters Degree, BA Communications, MsC multimedia Systems, Magamedia.

Paula Meehan. Poet,  playwright, Master of Fine Arts,  ex- Ireland Professor of Poetry.

Prof Dermot PJ Walsh.LLB. Lawyer, author, University Lecturer.  Professor of Law at Kent University. Member of the Royal Irish Academy.  Former President of the Irish Association of Law Teachers. Specialises in policing, criminal procedure and EU criminal law.

Raymond Keane. Award- winning actor, writer, director, playright, Irish National Opera, Theatre Co. director.