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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Marita Moloney

Irish mum-of-two hailed as 'absolute warrior' after giving birth in car on the way to hospital

A Cork woman who gave birth to her second child in the back of the car while travelling on one of Ireland's busiest roads is being hailed by her husband as "absolutely amazing".

Vicky Lynch from Frankfield in Cork had been experiencing contractions on and off since Friday and began going into labour around lunchtime on Sunday.

Her husband Stephen explained how the contractions really started "picking up" at around 1pm and he then contacted Cork University Maternity Hospital at 5.30pm to say they would be coming in.

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