A day yule remember forever, mother

There could well be birthday candles on the Christmas cake in Rachel Harte’s house from now on — as a happy reminder of the dramatic roadside birth of her baby girl Sienna on Christmas Day.

Rachel, 25, and originally from Skibbereen in West Cork but now living in Rosscarbery, gave birth on the roadside in Bandon shortly after 11am on Christmas Day, in the back seat of her father-in-law’s black X type Jaguar and with the aid of two surprised paramedics and a female Garda.

“This is probably the biggest and best Christmas present ever,” she said and she recalled the “dramatic scene” that developed early on Thursday.