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8th September 2017
10:30am BST
"We were set up, we had a generator and we had our windows boarded up but we knew if water came in we couldn't stay there."Joe and Claire were eagerly awaiting the birth of their second child but began to grow anxious as the due date passed and the storm started to approach. He explained:
"The baby was due to come on Saturday, then things happened and it went over its due date. "We were getting anxious as the storm got closer. "Claire went into labour yesterday and delivered the baby, we're so lucky that she didn't have to stay in hospital. "Maebh came in just the nick of time. We're all together now in the hotel."The proud dad added that they are "very grateful that the baby came and she's fit and healthy". Joe said:
"It was one of those situations where we were just hoping and praying the child would come on her due date, that didn't happen, and we got more and more anxious as day after day passed. "It would have been horrendous for Claire to have to go to hospital on her own, because I would have had to mind Oisín, we were very grateful that the baby came and she's fit and healthy.
"We're all in the hotel together and we're very grateful."He added that while the family feel safe where they are now, they are concerned about the aftermath of the storm. He said:
"We feel safe where we are in the hotel, we've no chance of being hit. "For now we feel good, but this is all new to us. "This is a storm nobody has witnessed before so we're hunkered down and we'll see what happens.
"I'm more concerned about waking up and seeing where we'll go from here."Featured image RTE Morning Ireland/Twitter/Cian McCormack
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