Little angel Jake times his entrance to the minute

ALL across the country revellers were singing about the perils of forgetting old acquaintances but they were barely into the first verse when the first of the new acquaintances made his presence felt.

Little Jake Mathews arrived into the world at Holles Street Hospital in Dublin at exactly one second past midnight to take without contest the title of first of the 2007 babies.

The latest addition to the family of Sinead and Peter Mathews from Ballinteer in south County Dublin wasn’t taking any chances, however, and made sure of his place in the history books by arriving two weeks before his due date.