A young Irish doctor got a shock when he was asked to help when a woman went into labour on a packed train.
Donegal native Alan Devine was off-duty with no medical equipment and travelling to a conference on the Galway to Heuston train when the emergency occurred.
Dr Devine had been watching Netflix show Chernobyl on his phone and was initially unaware of the unfolding emergency.
The train came to a halt in Kildare before Dr Devine asked another passenger what was happening.
He then quickly went to the aid of the woman where he found three other passengers assisting, two of whom were nurses and one who had called paramedics.
Dr Devine said: "The three ladies did extremely well and they helped the lady with the breathing and encouraged her a lot.
"I asked the catering lady on the train for a pair of gloves and that was all we had, I wasn't on call so I didn't have any of my stuff with me.
"It was a key moment when the baby came out, it took a couple of seconds but she finally let out a big cry and so we knew everything was okay."
With the help of the brave passengers, the woman gave birth to a baby girl just before paramedics arrived.
The GP revealed that it wasn't a run-of-mill procedure for him and he was very relieved the tot arrived safely.
He told the Irish Independent: "It was very unexpected, it's not the norm for me at all as I'm just a GP".
"We all helped each other.
"It was really respectful and nobody was knocking on doors or complaining that it was taking too long, and we were there a while."
Dr Devine also revealed he jokingly told the mum "Alannah is a lovely name", as they said their goodbyes.
The mum and baby were taken to The Coombe Hospital in Dublin and are said to be doing well.
