Agata Wierzbicka, Carrigaline Co Cork with baby Pairyk who was born at 06.23 weighing 4.4g at the Cork University maternity Hospital. Picture Dan Linehan Danuta Potoczak, Rathmore, Co Cork with baby Suzanna who was born at 05.06 weighing 3.9kg at the Cork University maternity Hospital. Included are staff members, Marie Hennessy, Mairead Murphy, Martina Crowley, Sarah O’Driscoll, Deirdre O’Sullivan, Mary McCoy and Mary Fitzgerald. Picture Dan Linehan Diana Rodsigues, Midleton, Co Cork with her son Aidan giving a kiss to his new baby sister Aida Cheryl Pinto who was born at 00.22 weighing 2.9kg at the Cork University maternity Hospital. Picture Dan Linehan

Danuta Potoczak, Rathmore, Co Cork with baby Suzanna who was born at 05.06 weighing 3.9kg at the Cork University maternity Hospital. Included are staff members, Marie Hennessy, Mairead Murphy, Martina Crowley, Sarah O’Driscoll, Deirdre O’Sullivan, Mary McCoy and Mary Fitzgerald. Picture Dan Linehan Diana Rodsigues, Midleton, Co Cork with her son Aidan giving a kiss to his new baby sister Aida Cheryl Pinto who was born at 00.22 weighing 2.9kg at the Cork University maternity Hospital. Picture Dan Linehan Agata Wierzbicka, Carrigaline Co Cork with baby Pairyk who was born at 06.23 weighing 4.4g at the Cork University maternity Hospital. Also included is father Peter and sister natalia. Picture Dan Linehan