{"id":281424,"date":"2026-01-12T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/281424\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:49:16","slug":"siomha-ni-ruairc-gives-husband-fright-at-babyshower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/281424\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc gives husband fright at babyshower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baby N\u00ed Ruairc is almost due, and this week, friends of mum-to-be S\u00edomha put on a fun-filled baby shower for her with all the trimmings.  <\/p>\n<p>The TV presenter and How To Gael podcast host, 32, is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2025\/08\/08\/entertainment\/siomha-ni-ruairc-pregnancy-gift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pregnant with her first child<\/a>\u00a0with her husband, Cathal Pendred and is due at the end of January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The day was packed with games and karaoke, but at one point, S\u00edomha managed to give everyone a serious fright, in particular her hubby, Cathal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Showered-\ud83d\udca6How-lucky-are-we-to-have-such-a-gorgeous-gang-come-celebrate-our-pending-arrival_d01773.jp.jpeg\" alt=\"S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc baby shower \" class=\"wp-image-2094411\"  \/>Pic: S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc\/Instgram <\/p>\n<p>Posting an array of shots from the big day, S\u00edomha and her husband were surrounded by some of their closest friends, with a few familiar faces among the group.<\/p>\n<p>Her podcast buddies <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/10\/22\/entertainment\/celebrity\/declan-hannon-louise-cantillon\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/10\/22\/entertainment\/celebrity\/declan-hannon-louise-cantillon\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Louise Cantillon<\/a> and Doireann N\u00ed Ghlac\u00e1in were there to celebrate along with presenter James Kavanagh.<\/p>\n<p>Giving fans a little insight into the part, she wrote &#8216;How lucky are we to have such a gorgeous gang come celebrate our pending arrival. Go raibh m\u00edle maith agaibh Katie and Emma for organising. I got zero pics of the food, but it was AMAZING.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2_73f7d3.jpg\" alt=\"S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc baby shower\" class=\"wp-image-2094417\"  \/>Pic: S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc\/Instgram <\/p>\n<p>While out on the balcony, S\u00edomha decided to attempt a catwalk strut while her friend sang the Black Eyed Peas Song, &#8216;My Humps.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Walking confidently, all of a sudden her heels got the better of her, and she went flying forward- a scene that her friend decided capture and put in slow motion. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTXTn2biEYq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Luckily, the presenter caught the railing, which prevented her from falling straight to the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-11-111140.jpg\" alt=\"S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc baby shower\" class=\"wp-image-2094425\"  \/>Pic: S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc\/Instgram <\/p>\n<p>While overcome with fright, she composed herself quickly, but it was her husband&#8217;s face that caught people&#8217;s attention. <\/p>\n<p>Peeking out the doorway, Cathal&#8217;s face was white, and you could tell that he had got a fright from what had just happened.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, S\u00edomha was ok, but maybe stick with flats for the rest of the pregnancy just in case! <\/p>\n<p>Check out more shots from the party below: <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768254556_689_2.jpg\" alt=\"S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc baby shower\" class=\"wp-image-2094415\"  \/>Pic: S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc\/Instgram <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Showered-\ud83d\udca6How-lucky-are-we-to-have-such-a-gorgeous-gang-come-celebrate-our-pending-arrival_67937f.jp.jpeg\" alt=\"S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc baby shower\" class=\"wp-image-2094416\"  \/>Pic: S\u00edomha N\u00ed Ruairc\/Instgram <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baby N\u00ed Ruairc is almost due, and this week, friends of mum-to-be S\u00edomha put on a fun-filled baby&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-281424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115884337723350097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}