‘Family tragedy’ - Seven month-old baby boy found dead - body of woman discovered near road bridge

Police in the Republic of Ireland have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a seven month old baby boy and the discovery of a body of a woman near a motorway bridge.
Andrew Quinn
By Andrew Quinn
Published 22nd Oct 2020, 16:17 BST
Updated 22nd Oct 2020, 16:24 BST
The body of a woman was discovered on Lower Road near the M50 Toll Plaza bridge (pictured above). (Photo: Google Street View)The body of a woman was discovered on Lower Road near the M50 Toll Plaza bridge (pictured above). (Photo: Google Street View)
The body of a woman was discovered on Lower Road near the M50 Toll Plaza bridge (pictured above). (Photo: Google Street View)

The body of the woman was discovered on the Lower Road, Strawberry Beds, Lucan, Co Dublin and the baby boy was discovered unresponsive a while later at a house in Lucan in the early hours of Thursday.

At approximately 3.45am following reports of a pedestrian seen acting suspiciously at the M50 (toll plaza) bridge, Gardaí discovered the body of a woman.

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Following this incident Gardaí went to a house in Lucan where an 7-month-old baby boy was found in an unresponsive condition.

He was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.

An incident room has be established at Lucan Garda Station and a Technical examination of the scene has taken place.

The Coroner and Office of the State Pathologist have been notified.

The body of the infant has been removed to Crumlin Hospital and the body of the woman has been removed to the City Morgue where post-mortem examinations will be carried out.

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The results of post-mortem examinations will determine the course of Garda investigations.

At this stage investigating Gardaí are treating these incidents as a family tragedy and are not currently seeking anyone else in connection with the deaths.

No further information is available at this time.

Investigations are ongoing.