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	Garda have displayed a green Marks and Spencer bag, a black bag and a fleece in the hope of tracing the mother who abandoned her newborn baby in Rathcoole on Friday.</p>
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	At a press conference at Clondalkin garda station, Superintendent Brendan Connolly said the items were similar to those found with the baby girl.</p>
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	&ldquo;Somebody out there must recognise these items and we are appealing for anyone who can assist us to contact us here in Clondalkin Garda Station,&rdquo; he said.</p>
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	&ldquo;Sergeant Maeve O&rsquo;Sullivan of the Child Protection Unit here in Clondalkin and her staff are available at any time. Anyone, or indeed any family member or friends, wishing to speak with Sergeant O&rsquo;Sullivan will be dealt with with the utmost discretion.&rdquo;</p>
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	Superintendent Brendan Connolly said gardai were &#39;very&#39; concerned for the welfare of the baby&#39;s mother, and expressed his hope that by putting the items on display it would help gardai reunite the baby with her mother.</p>
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	Staff at the Coombe hospital in Dublin, where the baby is said to be doing well, have named her &#39;Maria&#39;.</p>
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	The newborn was between 24-36 hours old when she was found by a couple last Friday afternoon on Steelstown Road in Rathcoole.</p>
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	It is understood that the driver pulled into a side road off the Dublin to Naas road at the back of the Blackchurch Inn and heard the baby crying.</p>
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	She was found in a shopping bag along with a black bag and a cream fleece from Penneys shortly after 3:30 pm said Superintendent Brendan Connolly.</p>
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	He added that investigators did not believe the baby had been left in the area &quot;for any extended period of time&quot;.</p>
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	Gardai confirmed that the child is Caucasian.</p>
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	The child and family agency Tusla said that the baby would only remain in hospital until she is well enough to leave.</p>
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	&ldquo;She will then be placed with a foster family, probably in the coming days,&rdquo; a Tusla spokeswoman said.</p>
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	&ldquo;From our perspective, we would appeal for the girl&rsquo;s mother to come forward because she needs help and also to have a say in the future of her child.&quot;</p>
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	&ldquo;The mother will not be forced into taking her back, and she will not be judged or pressurised, but she can have a say in the child&rsquo;s future with regard to fostering or adoption,&rdquo; she added.</p>
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	Superintendent Connolly said gardai will deal with the case with the &quot;utmost sensitivity and care for the mother and child&quot;.</p>
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	He refused to speculate when asked if &#39;Maria&#39; had been born in a hospital or through a home birth.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/youre-not-in-any-trouble-appeal-to-mother-of-maria-to-come-forward-31212440.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/youre-not-in-any-trouble-appeal-to-mother-of-maria-to-come-forward-31212440.html</a></p>
