Social Affairs

Gardaí release photograph of baby found abandoned

Baby who has been named Maria was found on side road in Rathcoole earlier this month

Gardaí have made an image of the baby available to assist their public appeal.
Gardaí have made an image of the baby available to assist their public appeal.
Tue May 19 2015 - 17:46

Gardaí have released a photograph of the baby found abandoned on the outskirts of Dublin on Friday, May 8th.

They have received a number of calls from the public after several appeals for the mother of the newborn baby girl to come forward.

The baby was found on Steelstown Road, a side road near the Blackchurch Inn in Rathcoole.

A motorist who had stopped for a toilet break at a gateway heard sounds and discovered the infant wrapped in a blanket and bin-liner, inside a Marks & Spencer paper carrier bag.

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The man and his partner alerted gardaí.