Infant found at Wicklow recycling plant born weeks earlier than thought

Gardaí have been forced to widen their search for the mother of a baby girl whose body was found among waste on a sorting conveyor after an autopsy revealed that the baby was born some weeks earlier than initially thought.

Officers have been continuing their search of a recycling facility for clues to the identity of the baby girl.

An appeal for the mother to come forward was repeated yesterday amid growing concerns for her health and emotional wellbeing.