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image via By Damien Slattery - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12782397 The judge, presiding over today’s proceedings at the High Court where the State apologised to Joanne Hayes and her family, says the settlement has brought a close to a dark chapter in Irish History. Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds described what happened to the Hayes family as a ‘travesty’, and welcomed the resolution of the legal actions. She expressed her hope that the end of the p...

Ms Hayes was wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago. In an application to the High Court Ms Hayes had hoped to vindicate the family’s good name. In 1984 Joanne Hayes, and members of her family, were arrested by gardai, following the discovery in Cahersiveen of a new born baby with multiple stab wounds. Ms Hayes was accused of being the mother of baby John and murdering him, while her family were accused of concealing the birth of a child – all charges were dropped in Octob...

news Apology to woman accused of murdering baby 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 35 years ago on White Strand beach near Cahersiveen in County Kerry. Ms Hayes and her family will now be awarded substantial compensation. The family was not in court. They have also received a...

RTÉ Courts Reporter Joanne Hayes, the woman wrongly accused of murdering a baby over 35 years ago, and her siblings have received an apology from the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice. They have also received declarations that all findings of wrongdoing made against them by the Kerry Babies Tribunal were unfounded and incorrect. The apology forms part of a settlement of a case for damages brought by Ms Hayes, her sister Kathleen and brothers Michael and Edmund following their ar...

Support local this Christmas. It’s not just the civic thing to do, but it also makes sense as there is an array of choice and value available when buying gifts from Kerry businesses this Christmas. Jerry hears from Darragh O’Driscoll of Cahersiveen Community and Business Alliance, Una Brennan of Kenmare Marketing and Events Group (KMEG), and Joe McGill of Waterville Enterprise Marketing Network.

‘Superfecundation’ theory The confessions were all later withdrawn when Ms Hayes told gardaí she had, in fact, given birth to a baby boy – she named Shane – that was buried on the family farm around the same time as the discovery at Cahersiveen. Dr John Harbison, then State pathologist, was unable to determine if this baby was still-born or died shortly after his birth. Although gardaí could not initially find the baby’s remains, when they did so, they then claime...

Joanne Hayes and family to be awarded €2.5m over treatment during Kerry Babies scandal Court bid due to have report of the tribunal of inquiry effectively withdrawn from public record Thu, 17 Dec, 2020 - 13:10 Neil Michael Joanne Hayes and her family are to be awarded €2.5m in damages over their treatment during the Kerry Babies scandal. Ms Hayes sued over her wrongful arrest and subsequent charge for the murder of Baby John in 1984. Ms Hayes, whose reputation was dissected and scrutinise...

Marie O’Mahoney née O’Neill, ‘Castleview’, Valentia Road, Cahersiveen. A private funeral mass will take place on Thursday at 11am in the Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church, Cahersiveen. Mass will be live streamed on www.churchservices.tv/cahersiveen Burial afterwards in Reilig Cill Fhaoláin. Family flowers only. Donations if desired to Focus Ireland. Enquiries to Daly’s Funeral Director’s, Cahersiveen. ***** Please use the condolences box below. Your condolences will not appea...

A Kerry County Councillor has criticised the Department of Justice for defending its management of the direct provision system during the pandemic. The departm...

Joanne Hayes, the woman wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago, and her siblings, say the findings against them in the Kerry Babies Tribunal should be declared unfounded and incorrect by the High Court.