A very young Irish girl doesn't know it yet, but she has a 25-year free pass on Irish Rail. Railroad authorities gave it to her after she was born on a Galway-to-Dublin train last week.
The arrival was sudden, with the mother in distress in a lavatory cubicle on the train. An onboard-catering staff member heard her and called for help; two nurses took over before a doctor who was also on the train arrived. The doctor told the Irish Independent he wasn't really needed; the nurses had it under control.
Mother and daughter were reported well after admission to hospital when the train reached Dublin.
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