Investigators will use a DNA database in an effort to identify the mother of a dead baby girl found wrapped in a cloth on a beach in north county Dublin.

The baby girl found on a beach in Balbriggan has been named Belle by Gardaí because she was found on Bell’s Beach and because the word means beautiful in French.

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for the mother of a newborn baby found dead on a beach to seek help.

Gardaí have issued an urgent appeal for the mother of a baby found dead on a beach in Dublin to contact them.

The discovery was made shortly before 10am this morning.