Alison O'Reilly: Detective should apologise to Joanne Hayes for Kerry Babies nightmare
The high-flying detective owes an apology to the innocent Joanne Hayes — and to Baby John — for wasting time and effort that could have been spent investigating the child’s murder
Garda Detective Sergeant Gerry O'Carroll prior to taking the witness box in March 1985 at the Kerry Babies Tribunal. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews
“If I’m wrong, I will eat a big slice of humble pie,” former Detective Gerry O’Carroll declared as his loud Kerry brogue echoed across the forecourt of a petrol station in Listowel.
It was 2016 and I had been travelling to Kerry to try to talk to Joanne Hayes after government files were newly released under the 30-year rule.
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