Personal Life
O'Connell announced on the Late Late Show on 29 January 2010 that his girlfriend Emily O'Leary was six months pregnant with their first child. Paul and Emily have been together since he was 20. The couple welcomed a baby boy on 15 April 2010. The baby was born just before midnight at the Mid-Western Regional Maternity in Limerick and weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs 10 ounces. He has been named Paddy O'Connell. They became engaged in June 2012.
O'Connell was awarded the Freedom of Limerick City in a ceremony in April 2012.
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