The first baby of the new year – a boy delivered at 12.04am – was born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital.
Baby Arlo Robert Emmett weighed in at 4.2 kilogrames and was born to delighted parents Nicole and Robert Emmet from Ashbourne, Co Meath.
Just across the Liffey in the Coombe Hospital, the first baby girl of the new year was delivered at 12.06am. The first child born to Sundas Khan weighed 2.21 kilos.
The first baby of the new year born outside Dublin was delivered by midwives at Letterkenny University Hospital.
A baby girl, called Danielle Gallagher, was born at 12.12am weighing 3.65 kilogrammes.
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 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.
Delighted parents Ciara and Athony Martin from Drumraney have not yet decided on a name.
