); The Kerry Babies Tribunal laid bare the virulent misogyny at the heart of a patriarchal Irish State
Dr Mary McAuliffe reflects on the Kerry Babies Tribunal following the State’s apology to Joanne Hayes and her family – 36 years later. By Dr Mary McAuliffe Sunday 20 Dec 2020, 10:58 AM Dec 20th 2020, 10:58 AM 16,422 Views 16 Comments Dr Mary McAuliffe
DELIVERING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE and apologies to women for past wrongs has become something of a regular occurrence in the country, as it should be.
From the Magdalene survivors to those who endured the traumas of the Mother and Baby Homes to those women caught up in the cervical smear scandal, acknowledgements of wrongs done have come, although oftentimes they came dropping slow, grudging and
Dutch woman ruled out as Gardaí continue to investigate birth and death of Baby John
It was a case that rocked 1980s Ireland. Irish women rose up in support of a woman persecuted by a powerful, patriarchal State. But the parents of Baby John, the Cahirciveen Baby, remain elusive, as a fresh Garda investigation hits another dead end
The Kerry Baby grave in Cahirciveen, County Kerry. Picture: Don MacMonagle
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Neil Michael I am the Kerry Baby .
Five words inscribed on a gravestone, remembering a little boy who didn t live long enough to speak his first words. From the date he was baptized on April 14, 1984, and named John , nobody has ever discovered who he is.
JUSTICE FOR JOANNE
As Joanne Hayes and family set to receive €2.5million in damages we look back at infamous Kerry Babies scandal
Ann Mooney
Updated: 17 Dec 2020, 18:13
JOANNE Hayes and her family are to receive €2.5million in damages from the State as a result of the infamous Kerry Babies scandal.
The Hayes family endured decades of injustice after Joanne was wrongfully arrested and charged with the murder of a baby boy referred to as baby John in 1984.
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Legal teams visit the Hayes farmCredit: Kevin Coleman
The family had sought damages for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, unlawful arrest, assault and battery, abuse of power and conspiracy and emotional suffering along with a breach of constitutional and human rights.
âSuperfecundationâ theory
The confessions were all later withdrawn when Ms Hayes told gardaà she had, in fact, given birth to a baby boy â she named Shane â that was buried on the family farm around the same time as the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 gardaà could not initially find the babyâs remains, when they did so, they then claimed Ms Hayes had had twins. But tests showed the two babies had different blood types.
In a bizarre further twist to the scandal, investigators then came up with a theory of âsuperfecundationâ â that the âtwinsâ were conceived by two different men, explaining the two different blood groups.
The Kerry Babies case was a clash of traditional and new modern Ireland
We relook at the Kerry Babies case, in the wake of yesterday’s news that Joanne Hayes is seeking the High Court to declare that all findings of wrongdoing made against her by a Tribunal were incorrect. By Aoife Barry Thursday 10 Dec 2020, 12:05 PM Jan 20th 2018, 9:01 PM 34,861 Views 78 Comments
Updated Dec 10th 2020, 12:05 PM
YESTERDAY, JOANNE HAYES, who was wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago, and her siblings said they want the High Court to declare that all findings or wrongdoing made against them by the Tribunal into the Kerry Babies case were unfounded and incorrect.