No need to exhume bodies of Kerry babies, says solicitor

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.

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Joanne Hayes was charged with the murder of a baby that was found in 1984 on White Strand in Caherciveen.

However, the charge was later dropped when the body of a second baby was found at her family's farm in Abbeydorney.

Gerry O'Carroll maintains that Joanne Hayes had twins, despite the Kerry Babies Tribunal concluding that she had just one baby.

Tralee solicitor Pat Mann has told Radio Kerry that an exhumation is unnecessary and that DNA analysis of tissue would lay the issue to rest.

"We have no doubt that's the correct conclusion," he said.

"But if it's going to write the final chapter in this issue once and for all, let it be done.

"Sides can now, unequivocally, lay the whole thing to rest.

"But I don't think there's any need to exhume both bodies, because I'm quite sure the tissues must have been retained somewhere."