Increasing numbers of Irish women cross the border to give birth
By: IrishCentral Columnists | Published Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 5:15 AM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 10:00 PM
Almost 200 babies were born to mothers with addresses in the republic of
Ireland at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry in 2010.
Between January and December 23 of last year, 193 babies were born at Daisy Hill Hospital to mothers who resided in the Republic according to a spokesman.
There are already 61 women from the Republic booked for 2011 deliveries at the same private hospital.
In the first quarter of 2010 alone, there were 64 infants born to mothers from the republic of Ireland
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Towngate | Jan 05, 2011, 09:45 AM EST
WOULD IT BE RUDE to suggest that,having crossed the Border to avail of British Excellence,that the mothers will then return to teach their British-born babies to be "Urrrrish an' Proooooooud-ovittt!"