‘Harrowing’ treatment of Joanne Hayes at Kerry babies tribunal condemned

State Papers 1985: Media coverage of case sparked anger in some quarters

 Fourteen hours in witness box: Joanne Hayes at the Kerry babies tribunal in June 1985. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh

Fourteen hours in witness box: Joanne Hayes at the Kerry babies tribunal in June 1985. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh

The man who approached me in Dublin’s O’Connell Street on a wet winter evening 30 years ago meant business.

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