Three sea lion pups have been born at Dublin Zoo in the past week.

It brings the colony at the zoo's Sea Lion Cove up to nine.

The first pup was a female delivered by mother Cassie a little over a week ago.

Next up was Sienna who also gave birth to a girl on June 7th.

Finally, Florence - known as Flo to her friends - gave birth to male pup on June 13th.

A newborn pup with her mother at Dublin Zoo. Image: Patrick Bolger/Dublin Zoo

The two girls both weighed around 6.3kg while the male weighed in at 7.6kg.

Dublin Zoo Team Leader Ciaran McMahon said: "All three sea lion pups and mothers are doing extremely well and settling into Sea Lion Cove, watched over by proud father Niko."

"Cassie’s pup is already swimming and the two other pups are expected to start swimming within the next few days."

Sea lions give birth in the month of June every year.

Dublin Zoo takes part in the European Breeding Programme for California sea lions.