Dear Dáithí: Should I let my absent father walk me down the aisle on my wedding day?

Your father believes this role belongs to him, but in this case, it doesn’t. You’ll need to make that clear

Dáithí Ó Sé: "I’d recommend having this conversation sooner rather than later — you don’t want this hanging over you. Picture: Domnick Walsh.

Dear Daithi,

A bit of background first for you! My parents were very young when they had me, and back in those days, there wasn’t really such a thing as co-parenting. My mother and me moved in with my grandparents and my father, while he was in my life, was never really like part of things.