QUIET BASH: JAY AND ROCCO TO CELEBRATE SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH PEACEFUL FAMILY GATHERING IN PORTUGUESE SUN

[QUIET BASH: JAY AND ROCCO TO CELEBRATE SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH
PEACEFUL FAMILY GATHERING IN PORTUGUESE SUN]

April 18, 2009
Cute brothers Jay and Rocco may be Ireland's most famous twins but their second birthday on Monday will be a quiet affair.

The grandsons of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will celebrate at a family gathering in Portugal.

As the sons of Westlife's Nicky Byrne and Bertie's daughter Georgina, and the nephews of successful author Cecilia Ahern, the boys are no strangers to the spotlight, but there are no plans for a big birthday bash.

The pair, who have their own bebo page, were born by c-section at Dublin's Holles Street Hospital six weeks early and had to spend the first month of their lives in the hospital.

The boys weighed just slightly more than a bag of sugar between them when they were born, with Jay weighing just 2lb 13oz and Rocco a minuscule 2lb 11oz.

Since then, they have been thriving, growing sturdy and strong at their lavish Malahide home.

Energy

According to their grandfather they are "full of energy. They love fun and games".

They even poked fun at their famous grandfather before Christmas when he broke his leg and had it in a plaster cast.

"They were imitating me everywhere and falling on the ground pretending they had hurt their legs," Bertie said.

The twins have also appeared on the Late Late Show with their Dad as a surprise for one of Nicky's biggest fans, Shauna Byrne (10), just two months before she sadly lost her battle with cystic fibrosis in February.

Last year for their milestone first birthday, champagne flowed at a family party in the Grand Hotel in Malahide but this year is more of a family event.

Doting dad Nicky, took a year off from his chart-topping band to spend time with Georgina and the twins and has said he still wants to have more children.

"Hopefully we're not done yet -- we would love to have more kids.

"I have always said I would have five," Nicky said.

"I don't know if I can convince Georgina on that, but we'll see," he later revealed.