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A man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s have been arrested in connection with the Kerry Babies case after a DNA analysis enabled a breakthrough in the tragedy.

Kerry babies: The 1984 unsolved case of the killing of unidentified newborn “Baby John” in Co Kerry is back in the news

From the Archives: Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, Majella Moynihan – all victims of the highly conservative society of 1984

Local people in Cahersiveen have reacted with surprise at the arrests of a man and a woman in relation to the Kerry Babies case as many felt so much time had passed that the investigation would not reach this stage.

Today Gardaí will continue their questioning of the two people arrested in connection with the body of a five-day-old baby found on a beach in Kerry.

A man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s have been arrested in connection with the Kerry Babies case after a DNA analysis enabled a breakthrough in the investigation.

Local people in Cahersiveen have reacted with surprise at the arrests of a man and a woman in relation to the Kerry Babies case as many felt so much time had passed that the investigation would not reach this stage.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a baby’s body on a Kerry beach in 1984

Kerry babies case: Almost four decades after death of ‘Baby John’, Cahersiveen locals hope for closure

One of the two people arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the ‘Kerry Babies’ murder case have been released from Garda custody this evening.