A baby girl born in the Rotunda hospital in Dublin is believed to be the first New Year’s baby in Ireland.
Amelie Rose Mitchell was born by Caesarean section at 35 seconds after midnight, weighing 3.3kg (7lbs 5oz). Her parents are Neil and Catriona Mitchell from Churchtown in Dublin.
The first baby born at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital (CWIUH) in the New Year arrived at 0.17am.
The boy, who has been named Reece, weighed 2.4kg when he was born to Jennifer Dowman from Jobstown in Dublin.
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The second baby born at the hospital was also a baby boy, who arrived at 1.03am.
He weighed 3.89kg and has been named Anthony by his mother Kathleen Sweeney.