Tickets for the Sallins Inquiry Now gig on Sunday evening were long sold out. A number of them, including Nicky Kelly, Osgur Breatnach, and Brian McNally, received severe beatings in custody after which they signed confessions to a robbery they didn’t commit. All three were convicted, but Kelly went on the run before the verdict, having lost faith in the justice system. Christy Moore wrote a song about Nicky Kelly, 'The Wicklow Boy', while Kelly was still incarcerated. She told the Irish Examiner she was in the original campaign to free Nicky Kelly.

Source: Irish Examiner March 30, 2026 17:58 UTC