Our day, our way: Tearing up the wedding rule book

Irish couples are getting married, on average, a decade later than their peers in 1977. And they’re choosing less traditional ways to celebrate their big day. Just ask Ciara McDonnell.

TYING THE KNOT: Emma and Anthony Sutton with their children and family members at Fallon & Byrne, Dublin.

IN MAY, my partner Mark and I will be married in front of a group of our closest family and friends.

After almost a decade together, and as parents to two children — Matthew, 6, and Michael, 4 — the decision to become wed was an easy one.