Kerry babies case

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The Kerry babies case (Irish: Cás Leanaí Chiarraí) was a 1984 investigation by An Garda Síochána in County Kerry, Ireland, into the killing of a newborn baby, known as Baby John, and the alleged killing of another. The case has been the subject of intense media interest in Ireland and abroad in the following decades. It was the subject of a 3-part 2023 Channel 4 documentary Murdered: The Baby On The Beach, which was broadcast throughout the United Kingdom. The mother who concealed the second baby, Joanne Hayes, was arrested and charged with the murder of Baby John, of which she was wrongly thought to be the mother. The Gardaí were forced to drop the charges six months later and a tribunal of inquiry (the "Kerry Babies Tribunal") was launched. Its report was highly critical of numerous failings in the Garda investigation, and it also concluded that Hayes had given birth to a live baby boy who died that night and whose birth was concealed. Hayes has disputed these findings and no charges...

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