Letterkenny University Hospital has welcomed this year’s second newborn baby into the world.
Baby Amelia was born at 00.13am weighing a very healthy 8.1 pounds or 3.67kg.
Little Amelia’s mum and dad, Danielle and Andrew, say everyone is delighted.
The couple are from Newtowncunningham.
A spokesperson for the hospital said there is a really special feeling throughout the maternity hospital today hearing that baby Amelia is one of the first newborns in the country this year
The first baby born is believed to be baby Arlo Robert Emmett who arrived at 00.04am in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.
Parents Nicole and Robert Emmett, from Ashbourne in Co Meath, welcomed their baby boy, who was born weighing 4.2kg.