Limerick's Kieran delays 48 hours to be 2016’s first baby

The first baby of the New Year took nearly two days to arrive, his proud mother has revealed.

Kieran Patrick Gibbons entered the world at 11 seconds past midnight at University Maternity Hospital, Limerick, weighing in at 8lbs 3oz.

Baby Kieran’s delighted mother Jennifer O’Neill, said the labour took almost 48 hours.