Gardaí in Kerry investigating the death of 'Baby John' are to examine whether one of his parents is living in the North.

A prayer was offered at weekend Masses in Caherciveen for the infant Baby John and for his family, amid a new inquiry into what was a traumatic event in a South Kerry community over 30 years ago.

Power has always been used to oppress - but it has also been used to cover up oppression, writes Fergus Finlay

Joyce Fegan outlines the timeline of events that led to the Kerry Babies tribunal, which ultimately turned into the trial of Joanne Hayes, who was crosss-examined for five days at the hearing. Below are excerpts from the proceedings.

Donal Hickey covered the six-month tribunal into the case. Here, he recounts how Joanne Hayes was subjected to relentless pressure in the witness box as Garda legal representatives tried to portray her as a woman of ‘loose morals’.

Gardaí have issued an apology to the woman at the centre of the Kerry babies scandal, admitting for the first time that the original investigation was substandard.