Solving Kerry Babies case could close bleak chapter in our history

News of the latest development in the investigation has come as a surprise

Baby John’s grave at Holy Cross Cemetery in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, where he has lain for 39 years. Picture: Alan Landers

It’s a story that has never gone away.

Almost 40 years on, people still remember the Kerry Babies saga. The fact that it all happened in the Kingdom and could well have been the subject of a play by one of that county’s most famous writers, the late John B Keane, only adds to the mystique.