Gardaí are no longer focusing on a white man with white hair in their investigation into a home circumcision in Waterford, which led to the death of a baby boy.
Callis Osaghae, who was four weeks old, died last week after complications following a home circumcision which apparently went wrong.
Last week gardaí appealed for information on a man, described as in his 40s and driving a red estate car, and asked him to come forward.
But following reports yesterday that such a man may not exist, gardaí stopped issuing the description in public appeals and said they were keeping an open mind in relation to the investigation.
"We don't want to narrow down who we are looking for at this stage," a spokesman for Waterford gardaí said.
The spokesman reiterated an appeal for anybody with information they believe may help in the investigation to contact Waterford Garda station at 051-874888. "All information will be treated in the strictest confidence," he said.
Detectives have been liaising with colleagues in Dublin, Northern Ireland and abroad as part of the investigation.
The death of Callis Osaghae has also led to a review of the provision of circumcision services in Irish hospitals.
The circumcision of infant males is a significant cultural aspect of many ethnic minorities.
However, access to the procedure for non-medical reasons has been severely restricted.
At the weekend the Department of Health and Children announced that the chief medical officer is to chair a group on "matters regarding circumcision".
The group will include representatives from health boards, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and ethnic-minority communities.
"They will look at things like the need to have a standardised service, when it is best to carry it out and best practice in the area.
£They will look at international practice and try to come up with standardised guidelines on it," according to a Department spokesman.