‘The first day I held them in my arms, I knew I was chosen’

MEET Ireland’s “two little fighters” described by their mum as a “gift”.

‘The first day I held them in my arms, I knew I was chosen’

Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf were the picture of contentment yesterday as they prepared to leave hospital for home in east Cork.

The seven-week-old boys, who were born in University College Hospital London joined at the chest, cradled each other and slept soundly as parents, Angie and Azzedine, and big sisters, Malika, 4, and Iman, 2, posed for photographs at Cork University Maternity Hospital.

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