Woman at centre of garda dig for baby ‘owed explanation’

SOLICITORS for the woman at the centre of a dramatic dig for a dead baby yesterday said that the State owed her an explanation for how it dealt with her case.

The woman claims the dead baby was one of two children to whom she gave birth in the 1970s as a result of being sexually abused as a child.

Unconfirmed reports also emerged yesterday that a third member of her family - a younger sister - had died tragically in recent months. It is claimed this woman killed herself and left a detailed note, now in the hands of gardaí, alleging she was also sexually abused as a child.