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	A baby who was found abandoned on a country road last May is &#39;thriving&#39; but garda&iacute; have still not been able to trace her mother.</p>
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	Investigating officers at Clondalkin Garda Station have been unable to identify the woman despite exhaustive enquiries, and sources said that they are still &quot;very concerned&quot; for her well-being.</p>
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	&quot;We have still not located baby Maria&#39;s mother and we would appeal again for her mother or father or anyone else who may know anything to contact the garda&iacute;,&quot; a garda source said.</p>
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	&quot;She has nothing to fear - we are concerned for her well-being and understand that she may still be traumatised and afraid.</p>
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	&quot;We are conscious that she may require medical and psychological support - any help she needs will be provided,&quot; the source added.</p>
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	The Irish Independent understands that detectives interviewed medical authorities and doctors in a bid to identify all expectant mothers around the time that the baby was found.</p>
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	It is understood that one female was identified as possibly being the mother but this was subsequently ruled out.</p>
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	Baby Maria is &quot;thriving&quot; and being looked after by foster parents.</p>
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	Doctors believe the infant was between 24 and 36 hours old when she was found by a motorist on Steelestown Lane near Rathcoole, County Dublin, at around 3.30pm on Friday May 8.</p>
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	The baby was swaddled in a fleece blanket and wrapped in a bin liner, which was then placed inside a Marks &amp; Spencer carrier bag.</p>
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	Over 13mm of rainfall was recorded that day amid a constant, torrential downpour, and temperatures dropped to just six degrees.</p>
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	Maria will have to remain in foster care until she is 18 because under law only a biological parent can sign the adoption papers.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/abandoned-baby-maria-is-thriving-but-no-sign-of-mother-31544049.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/abandoned-baby-maria-is-thriving-but-no-sign-of-mother-31544049.html</a></p>
