A women who went into labour prematurely, forcing her flight to America to be diverted to Dublin, had her baby four minutes after arriving at hospital.
Jenny Drake from Kentucky had her little girl on Saturday, 25 weeks into the pregnancy.
She weighed less than two pounds.
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The baby has been named Zoe Ireland, and is expected to remain in intensive care at Dublin's Rotunda maternity hospital for the next few months.
The American Airlines flight AA787 was en route to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Saturday when it diverted to Dublin.