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.
"We were getting dressed and trying to get down the stairs and things started ramping up more and more," he told The Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's Red FM on Tuesday.
"[Vicky] got into the back of the car and as we were going down the hill, she was saying, 'It's coming, it's coming'.
"Between the slip road at the two bridges before the Sarsfield roundabout the baby came and Vicky delivered him herself and up into her arms and thank God everything was alright.
"It went from being slow and steady to very fast very, very quickly."
Stephen added: "Vicky was an absolute warrior, she was absolutely amazing, I'm delighted with her and thankfully now we've another baby boy to add to the family in great health."
The now dad-of-two explained that he was trying to keep calm while driving as well as reassuring Vicky in the back seat.
"I was just saying 'well done, everything is grand, just put him up next to you and we'll get you to the hospital ASAP," he said.
"We were on the link and there's nowhere to pull over there [to call CUMH].
"I said to Vicky 'will I stop or will I go?' and we kept going and it was too late to call ahead at that stage, we had called at 5.30pm so they knew we were on the way but I don't think they were expecting us to come in the way we did.
"I ran in and I could barely put words together but I flagged down a nurse and got onto reception and in fairness the staff were out within two minutes and they were delighted.
"They said, 'Look everything is fine' so they brought her down into the emergency ward, told me to go park the car which was difficult enough after that but everything was grand.
"It worked out well in fairness and I collected her by 2pm yesterday, she was home."
Mother and baby, who the couple named Conor, are both doing well after his dramatic arrival.
