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UCC professor of paediatrics Eugene Dempsey says babies like little Siofra O'Connell have immature lung function and often need intubation and mechanical ventilation.

Síofra O'Connell who was born 10 weeks prematurely.

Síofra O’Connell was born 10 weeks prematurely and like any baby she’s already wrapping her parents around her little finger.

Midleton-based Amy Fogarty wasn’t feeling Síofra move much at 30 weeks' gestation. A hospital visit on the October bank holiday brought the shock news that the baby’s heart rate “wasn’t great” and she’d need to be delivered by C-section that same day.