Ireland's first triplets of 1996 born at the Limerick Maternity Hospital to Mrs Siobhan Malone of Pallaskerry, a homecare at Milford Hospice, and her husband, Noel, a teacher at Salesian College.
The boy weighing 4lb 8oz was named Noel, and the girls Roisin and Grainne weighed 4lb 15 oz and 5lb 1oz.