Paris may be mourning after the Notre Dame cathedral fire, but for a little girl from Kerry, it provided the experience of a lifetime last weekend.

Gardaí are beginning house-to-house enquiries on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry this morning in relation to the death of the Kerry baby, also known as Baby John.

A fed-up cottage-owner has revealed how she was driven to swear in a traffic-stopping sign outside her home after her stone wall was repeatedly smashed by late-night motorists.

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.

The depth of rage that swept over me this week after gardaí apologised to the woman at the centre of the Kerry Babies tribunal, one of the most shameful episodes in recent Irish legal history, can’t be adequately described, writes Clodagh Finn.

It will be far more practical for our society to look at the way certain babies are ‘disallowed’, writes Victoria White

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.

Latest: Gardaí have confirmed a DNA profile has conclusively stated Joanne Hayes is not Baby John’s mother.

Thirty-three years after gardaí failed to discover the killer and mother of a baby boy, the investigation is to be reactivated, writes Donal Hickey.

A garda review of the death of a baby whose murder is bound forever to one of the most divisive sagas in modern Irish history gets under way today.

A jury was yesterday told to bring in a verdict of not guilty, in the case of a woman accused of careless driving causing the death of an oncoming motorcyclist.

ICC president Brian Divilly agrees that coursing is in a good place as we head further into 2017.

An 82-year-old man has been told he must keep away from his former “paramour”, a 73-year-old lady he is accused of harassing by email, phone, postcard, letter and by allegedly following her in shops.

Gardaí in Listowel, Co Kerry, are appealing for information following a fatal collision near Finuge on Wednesday night after which a pedestrian in his 60s died.

These days there would be precious few judges who would instinctively protect An Garda Síochána from scrutiny. Whether or not the same open, robust approach would inform big decisions that would have major repercussions for the executive is a matter of conjecture, writes Michael Clifford.

Eir has announced the locations of about 100,000 homes in up to 200 areas that will receive high-speed broadband in the year ahead.

Since the election was called, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has pounded two distinct, peculiar routes, writes Jimmy Woulfe

The tribunal into the mysterious deaths of two Kerry babies in the 1980s resolved little and pleased nobody, writes Ryle Dwyer

The family at the centre of the Kerry babies case believes tissue samples retained from one of the dead infants could dispel lingering doubts over their innocence in the child’s death.

THE discovery of a newborn’s body on a beach and a family’s alleged confession they had killed a baby days earlier and put the body into the sea led to the Kerry Babies Tribunal.

Tomorrow morning, a dozen or so of Darragh O’Connell’s closest friends and family will leave Abbeydorney in Kerry and point their cars towards Carlow.

There were upsets in the featured Rakes of Mallow Stake, the all-aged stake and the Derby Trial Stake at Mallow yesterday.

Kilmoyley 3-15 St Brendan’s, Ardfert 1-13: Kilmoyley overwhelmed a lethargic St Brendan’s to claim their 23rd Kerry SHC title - and move one behind table toppers Ballyduff in the roll of hour - at Abbeydorney yesterday.

A Kerry club hurler was unable to talk or move following an accidental clash in a county senior hurling championship semi-final on Sunday night.

Dublin manager Ger Cunningham has confirmed that former Kerry star Darragh O’Connell is in contention for a Leinster SHC debut against Galway on Sunday week, May 31.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to the crash which claimed the life of a German man in Kerry on Saturday night.

Austin Stack Park is to close for up to 11 months to allow the laying of a new sand-based surface.

A motorcyclist has been killed in a traffic accident in Co Kerry.

The appointment of Martin Shanahan to lead the IDA comes at a time of global economic change, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

The solicitor who represented the woman at the centre of the Kerry Babies case has said that there is no need to exhume the bodies of the babies for DNA analysis.

A retired detective inspector who was involved in the Kerry Babies investigation 30 years ago has called for the exhumation of the remains of both male infants for full DNA analysis.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Kerry Babies case in 2014, historian Diarmaid Ferriter and Irish Examiner writer Donal Hickey published a hard hitting news special on the events that many feel changed Ireland forever. Their work is no less powerful today as we reflect on the apology that has now been extended to Joanne Hayes.

Homes and businesses without landline phones could be waiting for several weeks more for restoration of service, Eircom said yesterday.

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More than 1,100 people have signed a petition opposing plans to erect wind turbines which would be taller than the Dublin Spire.

Up to 200 houses in North Kerry are brandishing placards announcing they will be put up for sale if a planned windfarm with 156-metre turbines is given the green light.

The overnight storm helped to underline a 500-pupil school’s case for a permanent building to replace prefabs.

A motorcyclist competing in a road race near Athlone died yesterday evening after his vehicle hit a ditch.

Almost 1,000 acres currently designated for housing in Kerry’s two biggest towns are to be dezoned because a projected demand for homes won’t exist in the coming years.

After the Kerry footballer issued a strongly-worded statement in response to slagging of his facial hair (yes, really), we look back at the evolution of the Galvin goatee.

Further delays in carrying out a long-awaited extension to Killarney’s sewerage network could exacerbate pollution problems in Kerry’s world-famous lakes.