Amelie sees off her New Year rivals

SHE could have been sooo last year, but half a minute made all the difference in turning baby Amelie Rose into this year’s newest headline grabber.

The tiny tot came into the world at exactly 35 seconds past midnight yesterday, making her the first baby to be born in Ireland in 2012.

Little Amelie was born at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin and weighed in at a healthy seven pounds five ounces, much to the delight of her mum and dad, first-time parents Neil and Catriona Mitchell from Churchtown, Dublin.