{"id":138375,"date":"2025-10-22T13:48:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138375\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:48:17","slug":"doireann-garrihy-and-husband-announce-arrival-of-first-child-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138375\/","title":{"rendered":"Doireann Garrihy and husband announce arrival of first child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Doireann Garrihy and Mark Mehigan with their new baby Rosie. Photo: Doireann Garrihy\/Instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761136278_136_26005ee1-746f-49e2-9bff-4a84efd86468.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Doireann Garrihy and Mark Mehigan with their new baby Rosie. Photo: Doireann Garrihy\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">RT\u00c9 presenter Doireann Garrihy has welcomed her first child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In April, Garrihy announced she was expecting her first child with husband Mark Mehigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In a post on Instagram, she confirmed the birth of their first baby, a girl named Rosie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">&#8220;Our baby, Rosie. A love like this we\u2019ve never known,\u201d Garrihy wrote in a post alongside a picture of her, Mehigan and the new arrival together in hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Doireann Garrihy and Mark Mehigan with their new baby Rosie. Photo: Doireann Garrihy\/Instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761136278_136_26005ee1-746f-49e2-9bff-4a84efd86468.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Doireann Garrihy and Mark Mehigan with their new baby Rosie. Photo: Doireann Garrihy\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">News in 90 Seconds &#8211; October 21st<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Hundreds of people shared their congratulations with the couple, including Una Healy who wrote: \u201cCongratulations to you both and welcome to the world baby Rosie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Carl Mullan, who Garrihy used to host 2FM\u2019s breakfast show alongside, wrote: \u201cWelcome to the world Rosie. Massive congrats to you both. Go on Mam ya superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Former Today FM presenter Dermot Whelan said: \u201cCongratulations!! Remember to keep your strength up, try to eat and don\u2019t take too many visitors. You\u2019ve been through so much physically and emotionally. You too Doireann.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Presenter Arthur Gourounlian, a judge on Dancing with the Stars, a show Garrihy co-hosts, wrote: \u201cOMG, this is absolutely stunning. Hello Rosie, welcome to the world. I can\u2019t wait to meet you\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Also among those wishing the couple well were Garrihy\u2019s sister Ailbhe, TikTok star Kayleigh Trappe and broadcaster Kathryn Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doireann Garrihy and Mark Mehigan with their new baby Rosie. 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