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Body of newborn baby found on Irish beach | Body of newborn baby found on Irish beach |
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The body of a newborn baby has been found on a beach in Ireland. | The body of a newborn baby has been found on a beach in Ireland. |
The discovery was made shortly before 10am in Balbriggan, north of Dublin. The scene has been sealed off and a technical examination has begun. | |
Irish police have concerns about the wellbeing of the baby’s mother and are asking her to come forward. Officers appealed for anyone with information to contact them. | |
The main railway line between Dublin and Belfast runs alongside the beach, which is made up of a mixture of sand and shingle coves, close to Balbriggan harbour on Ireland’s east coast. | |
Lorraine Clifford-Lee, a senator in Ireland’s upper house of parliament for the country’s main opposition party Fianna Fáil, said: “I’m distraught to learn of the discovery of the body of a baby on Balbriggan beach. | |
“I’d appeal for the mother to come forward for medical treatment. You’ll be treated with compassion.” | “I’d appeal for the mother to come forward for medical treatment. You’ll be treated with compassion.” |
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