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#Love and Marriage
# love-and-marriage - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
Brides and grooms are still getting older (but only in opposite sex marriages)
Same sex marriages still happen at a later age, but this is changing.
# love-and-marriage - Thursday 16 March, 2017
8 completely WTF celebrity marriages that we still remember fondly
Britney and K-Fed <3
# love-and-marriage - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
This couple say they are discriminated against because they are straight
The couple want a civil partnership and not a marriage.
# love-and-marriage - Saturday 13 August, 2016
The 11 Worst People You Meet At An Irish Wedding
Wedding season is in full swing, and you’ve definitely encountered at least one of these people.
# love-and-marriage - Friday 15 April, 2016
There were almost two same-sex marriages for every day it was legal last year
CSO figures also show that the average age of brides and grooms is the highest ever recorded.
# love-and-marriage - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
Hunt on for man who donated wife's wedding dress with love note attached
The image has taken off around the world.
# love-and-marriage - Wednesday 18 February, 2015
Bride gets revenge on her 'narcissistic' parents with super harsh wedding invitation
Well, that’s one way to do it.
# love-and-marriage - Monday 9 February, 2015
Attention lovebirds: RTÉ wants to pay for your wedding
The Today show launched a competition to win a €20,000 wedding reception at a hotel in Meath.
# love-and-marriage - Tuesday 20 January, 2015
Marian Finucane ties the knot with long-term partner
The presenter and her new husband have been together for 30 years.
# love-and-marriage - Thursday 25 December, 2014
Column: 7 habits of happy couples
Long-lasting relationships depend on kindness and generosity – but how do we put those attributes into practise?
# love-and-marriage - Saturday 11 October, 2014
This little boy is absolutely devastated that he can't get married yet
“It’ll be eight hundred million billion weeks until I can get married!”
# love-and-marriage - Saturday 13 September, 2014
Ireland's longest-married couple: 'When you marry your best friend, it's easy to be happy'
They have it figured out.
# love-and-marriage - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
Irish couples spend an average of €19,000 on wedding
Engagements appear to be getting shorter too, with most couples who tied the knot last year heading up the aisle after 13 to 18 months.
# love-and-marriage - Thursday 22 May, 2014
Wedding rings found in Wicklow car park 12 years ago returned to owner
One ring to rule them all.
# love-and-marriage - Monday 28 April, 2014
Is this the reason George Clooney's getting married?
We think we know what changed the long-term bachelor’s mind about marriage.
# love-and-marriage - Wednesday 5 February, 2014
This low-budget Super Bowl proposal is actually brilliant
You could go as far as to say that it’s super.
# love-and-marriage - Tuesday 24 December, 2013
Today is the most popular day of the year to propose
There’s a bit of festive romance in the air today…
# love-and-marriage - Monday 19 August, 2013
Joy and celebration as New Zealand celebrates first same-sex weddings
One couple, who had been together 13 years, got married at 39,000 feet.
# love-and-marriage - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Is marriage driving women to drink?
A study says married men tend to cut down on their alcohol intake – while at the same time their wives drink more.
# love-and-marriage - Wednesday 9 November, 2011
Legal change will allow humanists to carry out civil weddings
An amendment to the Civil Registration Act will allow other groups – and not just ‘religious’ ones – to carry out civil weddings.
# love-and-marriage - Friday 14 October, 2011
Marriage reduces a man's risk of dying from cancer - study
Norwegian research claims that people in marriages are less likely to die from cancer, with bachelors over 70 the hardest hit.
# love-and-marriage - Monday 22 August, 2011
Putting on weight? That could be marriage... or divorce
New research suggests both marriage and divorce can affect your waistline.
# love-and-marriage - Sunday 27 March, 2011
Marriage and civil partnership 'not equal', LGBT survey finds
A new survey shows that 8 out of 9 people in same-sex relationships believe a civil partnership to be a lesser institution.
# love-and-marriage - Thursday 2 December, 2010
Is Ireland on the verge of another baby boom?
Yes, according to directory inquiries firm 11850, who say they’re getting more calls for dating agencies and lingerie shops.
# love-and-marriage - Thursday 11 November, 2010
Italian man granted annulment because wife mentioned open marriage
Italy’s highest court of appeal grants an annulment to a man who complained his wife had theorised about sleeping around.
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Poll: Are live debates influencing how you'll vote in the General Election?
WE’RE JUST 11 days out from poll day for the General Election.
Last night, the seven leaders from the main political parties took part in RTÉ’s first live TV debate of the campaign.
The leaders of political parties which included – Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, Green Party’s Eamon Ryan, People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour’s Brendan Howlin and Roísín Shortall of the Social Democrats – clashed over housing, pensions, crime and taxation.
This debate came after Varadkar and Martin went head-to-head on Virgin Media One last week.
So, today we want to know: Are live debates influencing how you’ll vote in the General Election?
Poll Results:
No (4450)
Yes (1688)
I'm not sure / no opinion (356)
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The Irish For: Cúpla focal for the happy couple
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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