Mothers 'on cloud nine' as decade's first babies are born

Aida Pinto, of Co Cork, with her family and baby Cheryl. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Mícheál Ó Scannáil and David Raleigh

The first babies of a new decade have been born, with Ireland's first baby of 2020 officially a Dub.

Hundreds of bundles of joy were delivered across the country yesterday, the first of them coming just 12 minutes into the new decade.