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Photo by: Tommy Kavanagh [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons A Kerry TD is exploring the option of bringing a motion to the Dáil to try and get answers relating to the Garda investigation into the Kerry Babies case. Last week Joanne Hayes and her family received a new State apology; Ms Hayes was wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago. In 1984 Ms Hayes, along with members of her ...

Last Friday, at the High Court, the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner apologised to Joanne Hayes for the appalling hurt and distress caused to her and her family. The Abbeydorney woman was wrongly accused of murdering a baby found on a beach near Cahersiveen in 1984. The statement was made in court as Ms Hayes and her family settled an action against the State over events which became known as the Kerry Babies case. Ms Hayes’s solicitor Pat Mann and Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly sp...

The contract for the Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre is due to expire on Tuesday. The Department of Justice wrote to Paul Collins of Townbe ULC in September on behalf of Justice Minister Helen McEntee, informing him that the contract for the provision of accommodation and services in Cahersiveen was being terminated. On the 13th March, the Department of Justice signed a contract with Townbe ULC for the provision of accommodation and ancillary services to persons seeking international prote...

There is more than one apology due over the abysmal Kerry Babies saga But one is all we’re likely to get. By Cianan Brennan Wednesday 17 Jan 2018, 12:10 AM Jan 17th 2018, 12:10 AM 43,197 Views 118 Comments Source: TheJournal.ie IT WAS THE bleakest of days in Cahersiveen. The wind howled, snow and sleet pelted down mercilessly. It suited ...

Suffering is finally behind us - Joanne Hayes receives deep and sincere State apology Ms Hayes issued a statement saying that she hoped "the suffering and stress" of the Kerry Babies case "is now finally behind us”. Joanne Hayes was wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago. File photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie Fri, 18 Dec, 2020 - 14:52 Ann O’Loughlin The Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner today in the High Court expressed “deep and sincere regret" to Joa...

Woman arrested in 1984 over Kerry Babies case gets apology Joanne Hayes and her siblings have received an apology from the Garda commissioner and the Republics justice minister 19 December, 2020 01:00 Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. Picture by Niall Carson/PA Wire THE WOMAN wrongly accused of murdering a baby more than 35 years ago has received an apology from the Garda commissioner and the Republics justice minister. Joanne Hayes and her siblings have also rece...

After 35 years of hurt and trauma, the travesty inflicted on Joanne Hayes and her family was finally brought to an end. The apology over the Kerry Babies affair took less than a minute to read – and Ms Hayes was not present in the High Court to hear it, wishing to preserve her privacy. But in a statement issued afterwards, the woman who was wrongfully accused of murdering her own baby expressed relief that the “suffering and stress of this ordeal” was finally behind her and her family. Sh...

BBC News By Shane Harrison image copyrightIan Macnab image captionThe body of Baby John was found on White Strand beach, County Kerry, in 1984 The Garda commissioner (head of the Irish police) and the Irish minister for justice have apologised to a woman at the centre of the infamous Kerry Babies scandal. Joanne Hayes was wrongly accused of murdering a baby found with multiple stab wounds 36 years ago on White Strand beach near Cahersiveen in County Kerry. Ms Hayes and her family will now be aw...

After 36 years State finally apologises to Joanne Hayes and family over Kerry Babies case Reporter:  ); The Irish State has apologised to Joanne Hayes, the woman who was wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago, and her siblings over their treatment during events that became known as the Kerry Babies case.  The apology, made before Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds at the High Court on Friday and reiterated one made in 2018, forms part of a settlement of damages actions brought by...

And yet for all the attention that the Kerry babies scandal attracted in the 1980s, in the intervening period there was little detailed inquiry into who actually killed the child - once the initial, catastrophically botched investigation into the case was over. That was until Supt Murphy reopened the investigation into the murder amid no little fanfare and some controversy in the surrounding areas last year. While there is some scepticism in the area that the truth will emerge, and a veil of si...