The big waiting game: Sam Hartigan waiting outside the ground floor lift at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, for his baby son Eli and wife Sorcha to emerge. Photograph: Alan BetsonHe returned to their home in Dún Laoghaire, and less than three hours later a call came from a hospital midwife that it was time. Photograph: Alan BetsonIt was the middle of the week when he spoke to The Irish Times and he already had plans for his first Father’s Day. Photograph: Nick BradshawHe wasn’t even in the labour suite for 40 minutes before he was cradling his daughter Eleanor. The procedures are there to keep everyone safe.”He predicted he would be having a different Father’s Day this year.

Source: The Irish Times June 21, 2020 00:00 UTC