Appeal for mother of dead baby to come forward

CLERGY and gardaí in West Limerick last night appealed to the mother of a newborn baby, whose body was discovered in a rubbish skip, to come forward and seek medical help.

The body of the full-term baby boy could have been in the skip for up to a week. It was discovered by a Polish worker at White’s skip hire yard near Broadford village yesterday morning.

State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy examined the body at the scene before it was removed for a post mortem at Limerick Regional Hospital.