Kerry Babies

Today, the accusations against Joanne Hayes would be laughed out of court. Back then...

Michael O'Regan: In the patriarchal Ireland of the 1980s, Joanne Hayes was an easy target for the justice system

Fri Mar 24 2023 - 19:15

Q&A: What is the ‘Kerry babies’ case?

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

Fri Mar 24 2023 - 13:52

‘Kerry babies’ case: Man and woman held on suspicion of murder

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

Fri Mar 24 2023 - 11:08

Kerry babies timeline: Two arrested almost 40 years after death of ‘Baby John’

Arrests in Munster on Thursday mark new chapter in case, which previously led to a State apology to wrongly accused woman

Thu Mar 23 2023 - 23:29

‘Kerry babies’ case: Man and woman held on suspicion of murder as DNA set to be examined

Kerry Babies case: Infant, named ‘Baby John’, was found on White Strand beach in Cahersiveen with 28 stab wounds in April 1984

Thu Mar 23 2023 - 21:34

Fintan O’Toole: A cold-blooded continuity links Kerry Babies scandal and Ballyseedy massacre

In the violent circumstances of its birth, the State acquired habits that were very hard to shake off

Sat Mar 4 2023 - 05:00

Give me a crash course in . . . the Kerry babies case development

The 1984 case of the killing of an unidentified newborn is back in the news

Sat Sep 18 2021 - 06:00

Q&A: Why did gardaí exhume the remains of ‘Baby John’?

Murdered infant at centre of Kerry Babies case buried 37 years ago in Cahersiveen

Thu Sep 16 2021 - 01:00

Ireland, 1984: A year of fierce debates and ‘mounting evils’

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

Sat Jul 6 2019 - 06:00

Transcript of the RTÉ Majella Moynihan documentary

‘It’s an appalling infliction on any female to have been charged with giving birth and charged with having intercourse’

Mon Jun 17 2019 - 16:04

Out of Innocence review: Ireland’s bad old days have seldom looked grimmer

Danny Hiller’s attempt to make sense of the Kerry Babies case is hampered by several constraints

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 05:00

Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’

‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault

Sat Feb 3 2018 - 06:00

Lord help us and save us from the fallen women and the silly, stupid girls

How much has Ireland really changed since the Joanne Hayes, Ann Lovett and X cases?

Sat Jan 27 2018 - 06:00

Dolores O’Riordan and Joanne Hayes coverage shows women's voices are still stifled

Radio Review: Today FM deftly covers both events, but reminds us that old attitudes linger

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 00:00

Mass DNA screening ruled out in Baby John murder inquiry

Gardaí reopening 1984 cold case want to avoid alienating south Kerry community

Fri Jan 19 2018 - 03:00

Harris raises Kerry babies and Lovett cases in abortion debate

Minister for Health: 3,265 women from every county had travelled abroad for abortions last year

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 19:47

Blood sample stored for 34 years central to Kerry Babies case

Murder inquiry into ‘frenzied’ killing of baby found on Cahersiveen beach

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 12:38

Farmer who found Kerry baby on beach breaks silence

‘I was trying to say to myself it was a doll but deep down I knew it wasn’t’

Tue Jan 16 2018 - 19:35

Diarmaid Ferriter: Truth may out in McCabe tribunal, but don’t expect justice

Latest inquiry recalls State’s controversial handling of Kerry Babies case

Sat Feb 18 2017 - 05:00

Case for radical reform of Garda now unequivocal

From the ‘heavy gang’ to Maurice McCabe, questions on accountability persist

Sat Feb 18 2017 - 01:00

Comedy thriller starring Alison Doody at Cork Film Festival

Broer tells tale of man who impersonates his dead brother to woo heart of an old flame

Fri Nov 11 2016 - 17:15

1984: the year that brought Ronald Reagan and Dunnes strikers

Key events from 30 years ago as State papers are about be released

Fri Dec 26 2014 - 06:00

Dog days for our boys in blue: The Policing of Ireland

Review: Conor Brady’s study of Irish policing since the Troubles is a roll call of all-to-familiar scandals

Sat Oct 4 2014 - 00:54

The case of the Kerry babies

Opinion: Unanswered questions remain

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 00:01

First encounters: Carmel Winters and Karen Kiernan

‘When we meet it’s fun, warm, loving’

Sat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00

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