Newborn found dead in Limerick

A Post Mortem is due to be carried out on the body of a newborn baby infant found in a rubbish skip in Co Limerick this morning.

The body of the tiny infant was discovered in a skip at White’s Skip Hire Yard in Killila near the village of Broadford in Co Limerick.

A Polish worker noticed the baby’s body as he was segregating rubbish that had arrived in a skip from Rathkeale in West Limerick last night.

The skip was being unloaded shortly after 9.30am this morning when the grim discovery was made.

Sources at the scene said the worker noticed the baby’s body fall from a bag as he was sorting through the rubbish.

The owner of the skip hire premises Derry White described the matter as “very sad” and said he had notified the gardaí and the local parish priest as soon as the discovery was made.

Meanwhile, Limerick’s Chief Superintendent Willie Keane appealed to the mother of baby to contact gardaí and assured her that she will be dealt with sensitively.

State Pathologist Marie Cassidy was called to the scene yesterday and a post mortem was due to be carried out last night at the Mid Western Regional Hospital.

The sex of the baby was not established and it’s understood the infant was lying face down when the discovery was made.

Gardaí at Newcastlewest are leading the investigation and have appealed to anyone with any information to contact them in the strictest of confidence on (069) 62111.