The first baby of the new year – a boy delivered at 12.04am – was born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital.
Arlo Robert Emmet weighed in at 4.2 kilogrammes (9lbs 4oz) and was born to delighted parents Nicole and Robert Emmet from Ashbourne, Co Meath.
Just across the River Liffey, in The Coombe Hospital, the first baby girl of the new year was delivered at 12.06am.
Baby Mirha, weighing 2.21 kilogrammes (4lbs 14oz), is the first child born to Sundas Khan and her husband.
Mrs Khan is originally from Pakistan and now lives in Ireland.
“Apart from my husband, we have no family here,” she said.
“We felt completely welcomed at the Coombe and the staff were wonderful in bringing Mirha safely into the world.”
The first baby of the new year born outside Dublin was delivered by midwives at Letterkenny University Hospital.
A baby girl, Amelia, was born to Danielle Gallagher at 12.13am weighing 3.65 kilogrammes (8lbs 1oz).
The midwives at the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street, Dublin, welcomed their first new year baby at 12.45am.
Lorraine and Kevin Diffley are the proud parents of baby Rosie, who weighed 3.79kg (8lb 5oz) and is a little sister to Lily.
The first baby of 2024 born in the Regional Hospital Mullingar was a little girl weighing 3.61kg (7lb 15oz).
Delighted parents Ciara and Anthony Martin from Drumraney have not yet decided on a name.
At Cork University Maternity Hospital a boy, Sean Liam O’Halloran, was born at 1.02am, weighing 4.24kg (9lbs 5oz) to parents Catherine and Brian O’Halloran, from Mullinahone in Co Tipperary.
A girl arrived at 2.39am, weighing 3.38kg (7lbs 7oz), to parents Sarah Coughlan and Mike from Killeagh, Co Cork.
