On 14 April 1984, a newborn baby boy was found dead of 28 stab wounds on White Strand beach at Caherciveen, County Kerry. A woman, Joanne Hayes from Abbeydorney, approximately 80 kilometres away, who was known to have been pregnant, was arrested. She and her family confessed to the murder of the baby but later withdrew their confessions and admitted instead that Hayes's baby had been born on the family farm, had died shortly after birth, and had been wrapped in a plastic bag and buried on the farm in secret.
On April 14, 1984, a newborn baby boy was found dead from stab wounds at White Strand beach in Caherciveen, County Kerry. Joanne Hayes, an individual known to be pregnant and residing in Abbeydorney, approximately 80 kilometers away, was arrested. Initially, she and her family confessed to the murder but later retracted their statements, admitting that the baby had been born on the family farm, died shortly after birth, and was buried secretly in a plastic bag.