The Kerry Babies Case | What Were We Like | History Podcast | 1980's Ireland

Viewer discretion advised. If you are impacted by any of the themes covered in this podcast, support is available at www.rte.ie/helplines. In 1985, the body of a newborn baby washed up on a beach in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry, stabbed to death. What followed was one of the most infamous incidents in the history of An Garda Síochána. Diarmaid and Catriona trace the botched investigation into the baby's death, carried out by the notorious Heavy Gang, and the shocking Tribunal of Inquiry which followed, and how it became a watershed moment in the treatment of women in Ireland. Subscribe to What Were We Like wherever you get your podcasts.