Lucky 13th year for the Rotunda quintuplets as they celebrate birthday

Ireland’s first quintuplets felt a bit awkward returning to the centre of attention again yesterday.

They had come to the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin with their parents, Veronica and Kevin Cassidy, to say thanks to the staff that cared for them.

Conor, Amy, Cian, Rory, and Dearbhail, now aged 13, are still very close and even at school tend to stay together. The children were delivered by caesarean section on August 16, 2001, at 25 weeks and four days. Each baby weighed just over a pound.