'She's been a dream since': Mum praises medics who delivered baby Jo en route to CUMH

Baby Jo arrived a month early — and less than half an hour after mum Ruth phoned for an ambulance 

Gearóid and Ruth Hally with their daughters Mai (2) and one-day-old Jo, at their home in Boreenmanna Rd, Cork, after Jo's dramatic arrival in the world on Thursday. Picture: David Keane

A woman who gave birth in the back of an ambulance while being rushed to hospital has thanked the emergency services for their compassion and skill which ensured that she and her daughter both arrived safely.

Ruth Hally is recovering at home on Cork’s Boreenmanna Rd with husband, Gearóid, and their little girl, Mai, two, after baby Jo was born in the back of an ambulance, almost a month early, as it sped through Wilton, just metres from Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH).