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A 2.5 million euro deal has been proposed to end the 1984 Kerry Babies saga.
The state has proposed to pay 2.5 million euros in compensation to the Hayes family for the suffering and mental trauma following their treatment by state agents in connection with the controversial Kerry Babies more than 36 years ago.
The controversy erupted when a newborn baby – later nicknamed ‘Baby John’ – was discovered on the White Strand in Kerry on April 14, 1984.
The baby had died from serious injuries to the skull and spine. He had also been stabbed several times.
Joanne Hayes, who was known to be pregnant, was later arrested for gardaí, but a judge later dismissed the charges against her.
It turned out that she had given birth to a stillborn baby who was wrapped in plastic and buried on her family’s farm.
Gardaí found the baby’s body on his family’s farm in the precise place he indicated.
He maintained that he had no connection to the White Strand baby who was found about 50 miles away.
Abbeydorney’s wife also had a different blood type than ‘Baby John’.
However, a gardaí wrongly and strangely accused her of having two children from two different parents.
Baby John’s DNA samples were analyzed three years ago in an attempt to identify the baby’s parents.
In 2018, gardaí confirmed that DNA testing of the baby found in White Strand showed that the baby was not the son of Ms Hayes.
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Deal: Joanne Hayes was at the center of the Kerry Babies saga in 1984. Photo: Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie
The Gardaí, under the direction of the Acting Garda Commissioner, Dónall Ó Cualáin, offered a full apology to Joanne Hayes and the entire Hayes family.
Then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and then-Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan also apologized for the way state agents treated the family.
The Hayes family settlement is expected to be confirmed in the next few days after the Superior Court resolves a lawsuit by the family to have all of the Kerry Babies Court’s findings of wrongdoing formally vacated.
The 1985 court, led by Judge Kevin Lynch, rejected allegations that members of the Hayes family had been intimidated into making specific statements or that Gardaí had committed unlawful acts.
Ongoing proceedings to formally annul the court report will take place at Dublin High Court this week.
The settlement package is understood to have a value of 2.5 million euros. It will involve Ms. Hayes, her brothers Ned and Michael, her sister Kathleen, and their daughter Yvonne.
According to a report by Kerry eye, will be broken down into € 1.5 million for Joanne Hayes, € 300,000 for Michael, Ned and Kathleen and € 100,000 for Yvonne.
Once confirmed, the deal for the family will effectively end a 36-year saga that convulsed both Irish justice and politics.
Gardaí insisted that his investigation into Baby John’s death remains open and active.
Two years ago, officers began door-to-door investigations in Kerry. DNA samples were also searched.
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