The body of a baby has been found in a disused shed in Co Meath this afternoon, it has emerged.
The discovery was made shortly after 4pm a mile from the village of Kildalkey by a local man who was working a nearby building site.
The body, which had been wrapped in blankets, is reported locally to have been in a state of decomposition.
The scene at Kildalkey outside Trim has been preserved and deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis is due to carry out a post mortem at Our lady's Hospital in Navan tomorrow.
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The body had not been removed at the time of writing.
A Garda spokeswoman said the age and sex of the baby could not be established until after the post mortem.