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Minister for Health Simon Harris has become a father for the first time.
Mr Harris (32) posted a photograph of his baby daughter Saoirse with his wife Caoimhe on his Instragram page.
“Today I take on the most important job - Dad!,” he wrote on Friday after the baby was born on Thursday night.
“Caoimhe and I are delighted to welcome our beautiful little daughter into the world.
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“So happy. Who knew you could be so bowled over and blown away.”
Mr Harris and Ms Wade married in 2017.
From Courteencurragh, Gorey, Co Wexford, she is a cardiac nurse at the Children's Heart Centre at Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin in Dublin.
Mr Harris announced she was pregnant during the summer by posting the cover a book she gave him entitled: Pregnancy for Men, The whole nine months.
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