Baby joy after tunnel labour

A Cork couple was celebrating last night after the dramatic birth of their baby son in a car near the Jack Lynch tunnel early yesterday.

Kevin Twomey and his partner, Louise Curry, left their home in Cobh for Cork University Maternity Hospital just before 2am when Louise went into labour.

But when it became clear that they wouldn’t make it to the hospital in time, Kevin, had to pull his car over to the side of the road on the roundabout at the northern entrance to the Jack Lynch tunnel.