In April 1984, at a White Strand beach in Cahirciveen, County Kerry, a newborn baby boy is found dead with 24 stab wounds. The local police begin a major inquiry. Joanne Haye, from Abbeydorney, is arrested along with members of her family.

The Irish police are determined to prove that the murdered baby belongs to a local woman, Joanne Hayes, although they don't have any critical evidence. However, the true murderer in the Kerry baby case is yet to be identified.

The injustices against local woman Joanne Hayes and her family reach alarming heights as the tribunal of inquiry relentlessly attacks them. The tribunal transforms into a public spectacle, infuriating women across the nation.