Rescued migrant who gave birth names child after LÉ James Joyce

A migrant mother who gave birth after being rescued by the Irish Navy off the coast of Libya has named her new baby after the ship that saved her.

The young woman has called her infant daughter ‘Joy’ after the LÉ James Joyce and in tribute to its crew that gave her medical attention on board.

In so doing, she also names her baby after one of the world’s most influential writers, Dubliner James Joyce, author of Ulysses.