Foul play not suspected in baby's death

Gardaí say they are satisfied the death of a newborn baby boy whose body was found in  Co Cork yesterday was not a result of …

Gardaí say they are satisfied the death of a newborn baby boy whose body was found in  Co Cork yesterday was not a result of foul play.

The decomposing body was found by the parents of a young woman in a house near Dunmanway yesterday.

Garda technical experts sealed off the house and carried out a preliminary examination of the scene.

The Assistant State Pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, carried out a preliminary examination of the body at the scene. It was removed to Cork University Hospital for a full post-mortem.

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Detectives believe the body was in the house for over a week as the woman who they believe is its mother checked into a Dublin hospital a week ago for psychiatric treatment.  It is understood the  woman is a student in Limerick.