First Clare baby born in Limerick shortly after midnight on New Year's Day
THE FIRST baby born in Limerick in 2023 arrived shortly after midnight in the region's maternity hospital.
The University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL) confirmed that the first baby was delivered at the Ennis Road facility, at approximately 12.37am.
The baby girl, who was born at 2.945 pounds, to a family from Tubber, in County Clare, is understood to be the third baby born in the state last night, on January 1, 2023.
According to RTÉ, the first baby boy born in the country was delivered shortly after the stroke of midnight, at 12.03am.
While at 12.06am, baby Frankisek was born to Katarina Olejnikova and Frantisek Olejnik from Waterford in Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). This makes baby Frankisek the first confirmed baby born in Munster for the year.
There were four more babies born in CUMH in the following four hours, Limerick Live understands.
There were other births celebrated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Cavan General Hospital in the early hours of the morning as celebrants across the country rung in the new year.