Gardaí are investigating after the bodies of a woman and baby were found in a west Dublin house on Saturday.
The bodies were discovered after gardaí and emergency services attended a house in the Beechfield area near Clonee shortly after 3pm.
A woman, aged in her 40s, and a baby boy were found inside the house and pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
The bodies remain in the house which has been preserved for forensic and technical examination.
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A Garda Family Liaison Officer has been appointed to assist the family and the local Coroner and Office of the State Pathologist have been notified.
Gardaí have said results from postmortem examinations will determine the course of the investigation.