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IRELAND’S FIRST BABY of 2025 was born at just 19 seconds after midnight in the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.
Dublin parents Eve Colley and Eric Tyrell welcomed baby Bradley into the world mere seconds after the clock struck midnight.
Bradley weighed 3.25kg and is the couples first baby.
Over at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, staff had a busy night with eight deliveries between midnight and 8am.
Theodore Byrne was born at 9 minutes past midnight, weighing in at 4.08 kg.
He was born to parents Martha Gilroy-Kelly and her partner Jack Byrne.
The birth of Theodore brought the total number of babies born at The Rotunda Hospital to over 900,000 since it first opened its doors over 275 years ago.
At the Cork University Maternity Hospital, baby boy Rowan was born at 20 minutes past midnight, weighing 3.51kg, to Shannon Gibson, who is from Cork City.
In Cavan General Hospital, parents Shannon Kelly and John Beggan welcomed baby girl Naoíse at 12:53am.
Over at the Coombe Hospital, parents Wendy and Darach Griffin from Athboy in Co Meath welcomed a baby boy at 2.25am.
And while no New Years babies were born at University Hospital Kerry, a home birth was assisted by two midwives.
Baby girl Féile was born as 5.41am, weighing 3.77kg, to parents Andrea Thornton and Eoin Murphy of Ardfert in Co Kerry.
The UHK midwives were Sinead Murphy and Kirsty Hawthorn.
Meanwhile, it was also a busy night at Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda, with seven deliveries so far since midnight – six boys and one girl.
Roisin Byrne was the first to give birth at 1.32am, followed by Naomi Chelimo who delivered a baby boy at 3.44am.
At Letterkenny University Hospital in Co Donegal, baby girl Norah was born to Sharon and Lee O’Hara, at 8.30am and weighing 3.9kg.
Three babies have been born in the Letterkenny hospital since midnight.
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Congrats to all new parents and babies born, regardless of nationality, we’re all human and equal.
@F1rYnpWc: Gaslighting if ever I’ve seen it. Nobody mentioned nationality you lunatic.
@F1rYnpWc: well said Brendan.
@F1rYnpWc: Trying to stir the $hite as usual, dolt!
@Marvin Dollery:
Was thinking the very same, virtue signalling rubbish, as you rightly said nobody mentioned nationality! LOL
@Regular John: he’s trolling, and getting the desired reaction from people like you. Just like the poster last night who said he was gay, and of course, you responded
@Regular John: all babies and parents are human, regardless of their creed, skin colour, ethnicity, or if they’re an immigrant or native.
@F1rYnpWc:
Who said they weren’t ??
What’s any of that got to do with the article ? Nobody mentioned any of those things other than you.
@Kevin Kerr:
LoL, we’re not all as gullible as you Kevin. Look at his comment under yours. He’s not trolling anyone, he’s just another immature virtue signaller like yourself.
@Regular John: oh dear, there is really no hope for you if you don’t believe that he’s a troll
@Kevin Kerr: He’s the same as you Kevin, non stop nonsense
@Regular John: lol you haven’t a clue – he’s a troll, just like the “gay” lad last night, and you bite every time
@Kevin Kerr:
LOL…. There is nobody on here as gullible as you Kevin. You get ridiculed here daily, we all know that. Even Brenny is quicker than you and that’s not saying much !
@Regular John: there you go again, speaking for the masses of journal commenters. You are incapable or unwilling to keep to the point, which is that they are trolls looking for a reaction, and that you oblige every time. You know, the thing that you accused me of, saying that I was too stupid to see it, when in fact I don’t engage anyway. Well guess what? Looks like you’re too thick to see it
@Kevin Kerr:
LOL… You are such a dope, I’d say you’re a bit embarrassed every time I point out the others are just taking the piss out of you and Brenny. Don’t take it to heart kid, we’re only messing with you.
@Regular John: right, so as you have nothing of substance to say, I’ll take it that you agree with me that they are both trolls and that you are a gullible plonker
@Kevin Kerr: That’s the difference between me and you Kevin, I can spot a wind-up a mile away, you have shown numerous times on here that you can’t and that’s why you’re not taken seriously and laughed at. I’d say you had a rough time in school.
@F1rYnpWc: Ahh you’re a good oul virtue signalling cuck, fair play lol.
Spare a thought for the babies being murdered daily by the terrorist state of israel
@Tommy445: Spare a thought for all those teens raped and murdered by Palestinian Islamic terrorists Oct 7 2023. Including an Irish girl.
@Tommy445: Hopefully they finish the job soon
@Oliver Cleary: Spare a thought for all the Christian children murdered by their parents especially those 2 that were burned alive by their mother in Multy that time when everyone forgets!
@J B: most have been killed by Israeli war criminals. You also failed to mention the thousands of Palestinian hostages, many children, held the Israelis
Welcome to the world kids, don’t read the journal’s comments section
Well done Bradley, kid.
They’ll be celebrating their 75th birthday on the 1 January 2100.
Happy Birthday to all those Kerry people celebrating their Birthdays today ,never one baby ever born on New years Eve in kerry ,ah shur an extra year minor is small consolation.
Best of luck. Sparks of joy in a vista of dark clouds. The rockiest of roads lie ahead for our species. It’s like showing up for the last hour of a long party. Everything is messy as hell and it’s about to be raided, but at least you got to go, I suppose.
@SerotoninWars: am I messy hell? Please reply
Some filthy barbarians in this comment section. The Israeli state is a failed one, much like its ideologically conjoined buddy AMERIKUH. Maybe Don Delillo is right: all plots move towards death. And as a result of America’s seemingly divine right to quash all plots which steer away from death, this is where we are. At the end. Before another yet unseen beginning. In the most improper language, go **** yourselves. Serious advice to all Zionist pigs: touch grass, and then read Manufacturing Consent (1988). I know like most Americans you haven’t read a book since you finished school.
@Steven Hardiman: I think I’d prefer to live next to an Israeli than an arab
@Steven Hardiman: I don’t know what you’re smoking, but it’s not doing you any good!
Disappointing there wasn’t a more diverse option. Maybe one will grow up to be trans
@mickey mac: grow up
@mickey mac:
I see the Journal has assigned genders to them already and they not even a day old ! Shocking, this is 2025 people !
@mickey mac: wow,hilarious
@mickey mac: What options are you looking for ? There are only two sexes… Male and Female….fact.
@mickey mac: they’ll grow up to be gay
@mickey mac: or a bicycle or maybe a diesel engine , mammy I identify as a diesel engine , woke bs
@mickey mac: what is actually wrong with you?
@David: I grew up to be gay, you got a problem with that?
@David: if you’ve got something to say about us gays say it here. Let everyone know how insufferable you are!
Did she give birth to eyebrows lol
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