No evidence found in search for murdered babies in Dublin

The search and excavation of a back garden in south Dublin, after claims that the remains of two murdered babies were burriedthere, has finished and no evidence has been found.

A woman has told gardaí she was raped and otherwise sexually abused for a period of just over a decade and that she became pregnant aged 12 years and aged 14 years as a result of the abuse.

She has told officers that in order to conceal the pregnancies and prevent the abuse becoming public, the babies were taken from her by a woman aiding her abusers, murdered and buried in the garden of the Dublin house.

The allegations, made by the woman to the Garda last year, date back to the 1970s.

A Garda spokeswoman confirmed on Sunday that the search had concluded and no evidence had been found. She added that a file would be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.