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Paperback, 2007, first published 1985 ( shortly after the events it describes) Barry O'Halloran was an RTE reporter with Today Tonight.
Heavy age spotting to page block edges.
The Kerry Babies case was a 1984 investigation by the Gardai in Kerry into the death of one newborn baby and the alleged killing of another. The mother who concealed the second baby, Joanne Hayes, was arrested and charged with the murder of the first baby, the body of which was foundon a beach in west Kerry, which she was erroneously thought to be the mother. The Gardaí were forced to drop the charges four years later and a tribunal of enquiry (the "Kerry Babies Tribunal") was launched.
Its report was critical of the Garda conduct of the investigations, and also concluded that Hayes had precipitated the death of her own baby. Hayes disputed this finding, and no charges were pressed. The parents and killer of the first baby have never been identified.
In 2020, the Irish State formally apologised after 36 years to Joanne Hayes for wrongly accusing her of the murder and for the "appalling hurt and distress caused.
