Fair City star Rebecca Grimes has welcomed her first child with husband Paul Donegan.
The couple shared the happy news via Instagram on Thursday evening.
The actress captioned the sweet photo: “✨Early Christmas Present✨ Baby Girl Dara Donegan arrived last week. We are so completely in love 💕vand now all the heartburn makes sense.”
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The news comes just one year after the pair tied the knot in a New Year’s wedding.
Rebecca announced the news on Instagram on January 2, sharing a sweet photo of the pair on their wedding day.
She wrote: “✨31.12.23 ✨ So pleased to introduce my first husband @paul.donegan and thank everyone who helped to make Sunday so lovely!”
“Just wanted to share a quick snap from the amazing @wildthingswed ♥️ More pics and proper thank yous to follow (but first – sleep!) 💋🥂✨”
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Rebecca told RSVP Live at the time: “The wedding was great. It all went fantastically.”
“There was a lot less drama at that wedding compared to Hayley’s wedding. The food was fab.”
The RTÉ star was joined by a number of her Fair City co-stars for the reception in Dublin’s Angler’s Rest, including Neili Conroy (Sharon), Nyree Yergainharsian (Melanie), Tina Kellegher (Ger), Aisling O’Neill (Carol), Sorcha Furlong (Orla) and Amy Kirwan (Mairead).
She added: “There was a Fair City table and my in law’s were very enamoured by them.”