Garden dig to begin in search for babies’ remains

Gardaí have taken over a house at the centre of rape and murder allegations as they prepare to dig a garden for the remains of two newborns reported to have been buried there.

Detectives and members of the Garda Technical Bureau moved onto the site yesterday after a search warrant was issued the previous evening.

The move follows a year-long investigation into claims by a woman in her 50s that she was repeatedly raped as a child and gave birth to two babies two years apart in her early teens.