181 Transition Students have witnessed a caesarean section via video link, as part of the Mini-med programme.

The course, which is run by the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland each year, involves students from every county, who are thinking about a career in medicine.

Master of the Rotunda, Professor Fergal Malone, performed the surgery, via video link;

Mum and baby, a 10 pound boy, are doing well.

Not all of the students were so inspired, with some saying it made them ill;