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Strict rules on what does and does not count as normal family expenditure under Revenue rules
With the average cost of a wedding now €26,000 and many people in their 30s struggling to afford a stable home, it’s no wonder low-key ceremonies are becoming popular
Weddings are comprised of a number of celebrations, all of which require a different look
Valda Binding and her husband developed trial technology during Covid lockdowns and launched TakeNplace in 2022
Simple choices like having the ceremony and reception in the same place eliminate other costs such as hiring cars
Tell Me About It: ‘His wife-to-be comes from a broken home where all her siblings have gone their separate ways’
Is marriage really something to be ‘tricked’ into after a years-long audition process?
For these brides and grooms, a home wedding offered a chance for a ‘day where you get to pick each and every detail’
It’s one of the most expensive and stressful events in a couple’s life: here’s how to make it work
Mercifully, Irish weddings seem to have an inbuilt buffer for guests who got tricked by Google Maps
Spend It Better: More something old and borrowed and less of the new can also make weddings more personal and memorable
You want lasting formulations but flattering, forgiving textures for your big day
Newlywed Annie Armitage believes it’s not the wedding day that matters but her marriage
Colm Lauder surprised Margherita Saltini by speaking Italian for the entire ceremony
Siobhan Brennan and David Marsh recall a romantic proposal with a difference
Annmarie Kelly and Barry McCartney met seven years ago and got engaged in Australia
Ruth Houston and Denis O’Donoghue had a humanist ceremony in sun-drenched Bantry
Pastry chefs Rory Gannon and Laura Meade created a feast of food for their guests
Ciara Lewis and Cathal Houlihan married in Kinsale, but planned it all from Sydney
Anne Lynch and Lisa Swenson upgraded from civil partners to married couple
Melissa Murphy and Richard Maes met ten years ago as students at CIT
Orla O’Malley and Paul Flanagan got engaged but didn’t tell anyone
Eithne Ní Chonghaile and David Dunphy met at a christening in Galway in 2004
Ciara O’Grady & Douglas Cady met in Scotland but married in Dublin
Bonnie Chase and Matt Panegasser eloped to Galway and married on Abbey Street Lower
Sinead Hennebry first met Peter Preedy at her cousin’s wedding in 2012. Three years later, the couple celebrated their own special day
A proposal on the prime meridian, a spiritualist shore-side ceremony and a Lego wedding cake
Noelle and Tony met at a rally in Co Laois, and laterdiscovered their paths had crossed 27 years previously
Sandra Burke and Roy Kennedy say having Royah Marie with them was a highlight
Katherine Bohan and Domhnall O’Neill met while working in Cineworld cinema in 2006
“He eventually told me his surname – my name with an ‘ey’ on the end”
Lari Candelay spent years in Ireland, but found love in Sweden
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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