Firemen deliver early Christmas present

IT MIGHT be a bit early for Christmas miracles, but one Dublin mother was yesterday thanking her lucky stars after giving birth to her third child en route to hospital, aided by two firemen.

May Doyle, 32, from Ballyfermot, was all smiles as she held newborn baby son Tommy Joe who entered the world in the back of an ambulance at 4.35am.

Wind and rain were lashing the ambulance, driven by firemen Ron Hickey and Brian Cosgrave. The dynamic duo are based at Dolphin’s Barn fire station, but became emergency midwives when Tommy Joe decided to make an early entrance.