Fresh tests ‘could solve mystery of Kerry babies case’

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.

Pat Mann, solicitor for Joanne Hayes and her family, says Ms Hayes would be willing to provide fresh blood samples if new tests were to be carried out.

He said that while the Hayes family had been cleared by the 1985 tribunal of inquiry into the events at Abbeydorney and Cahersiveen two years earlier, some doubts still hung over them.