Galway garda helps to deliver baby on the roadside in hailstorm

Peter and Kelly Gannon and their baby daughter, Cara. Garda Eric Carney of Clifden Garda Station came to their aid when Kelly went into labour in Letterfrack last week while on the way to Mayo General Hospital. Picture: Hany Marzouk 

When Garda Eric Carney was on his way from Co Mayo to Clifden, Co Galway for a night shift last week, he never expected his work would begin before he arrived.

He was passing an unmanned garda station at Letterfrack, Co Galway, when he spotted a parked car with hazard lights on.