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A BABY BOY was delivered in Dublin Port Tunnel on Wednesday morning.
It happened as the mother was en route to Holles Street Maternity Hospital.
Members of Swords ambulance crews assisted in the delivery.
It has since sent out its best wishes to the mother and baby.
Swords Ambulance / Twitterswords crews assisted in the delivery baby boy in #Dublinporttunnel yesterday ys morn while enroute to Holles st best wishes to mum & baby
— NAS Swords Ambulance Station (@NAS_Swords) September 8, 2016
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Best wishes to mum and new son! It does highlight however the problem of having medical facilities in the city centre. The same is the case with the location of the new children’s hospital at St James’. They are really only accessible to the people who lives right next to them.
Yes. We should build hospitals on every street corner. That woudl be hugely cost effective and incredibly safe.
So it’s true, Labour has gone underground! Can’t kick it with the big boys and now goin all sinn fein to try and be popular!
I think the big problem is that people from north county Dublin don’t want to have babies outside of county Dublin when Drogheda is alot closer and accessible than holes street. That’s the issue here too I suspect.
To be fair Drogheda hasn’t been in news for any good reason of late!!
@ Celtic, well the only death of a mother giving birth in the last 10 years was in Holles Street last year and to be fair its onky the A&E in Drogheda that’s been in the news. The maternity units are brilliant.
Out of one tunnel and into another
maybe they could call him “Dug”
Or “Subterraneaninfrastructure” it’s got a nice ring to it.
Northbound yer dinner is ready…
They should have gone by Howth and could call him Cliff
Me hole might be a good one or maybe poul
Maybe call him Orifice…
Kid will never have to worry about being bored
Couldn’t she have waited 5 minutes to get through the tunnel rather than block up traffic! ;-)
These underground births are only a fad………
The first thing the poor mother has to to do is pay the toll. Welcome to Ireland young boy,
Obviously never been at a birth
I have been at three births, the first one the nurses had to give me the wife’s oxygen. I’m a sad little man.
Friend was in labour with her husband speeding on M1to hospital. Guards stopped them and gave them an escort to the Rotunda and then speed off. Unfortunately she was attending Holles st.!
Now his birth certificate must state “Dublin port tunnell” as place of birth. Marty Pellow from Wet Wet Wet was born in a public toilet!
Or just conceived there?
Aww congrats well done to all involved hope baby boy is thriving x
Meh my friend had her baby on her own in a taxi in the port tunnel and didn’t make the news – the child turned 10 the other day!
Since the tunnel only opened on 20th December 2006 (according to it’s own website) that ‘story’ has a problem – either your friend was fibbing or the child is only 9 …
He should be called nemo because he was born under the sea
Hope the little fella didn’t get tunnel vision ..
Fred Johnson you miserable owl fart, where were you born?
Gus- it was clearly a joke ffs
Ah ha ha! Have a coffee Gus.
We need a satire font for this page for slow people…
Most importantly Is the kid a Northsideaw or a Sawtsoyder, loyke?
Should call him Porthole
Probably grow up to be a coalminer.
Baby in bore. More like
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