Duo’s ‘hearts went out’ to gownless brides-to-be

NOT so much for richer as for poorer, brides-to-be left gownless and cash-strapped following the sudden closure of a wedding outfitters may yet make savings on a replacement frock.

Stirred by the plight of scores of young women left in the lurch after The Wedding Dress Ltd, of Penrose Wharf, Cork city, went into liquidation, the owners of a Dublin bridal shop have travelled south.

Vincent and Liz May, the proprietors of Bridal Heaven in Swords, have booked a room in the Clarion Hotel in Cork from where they will offer their wares to budding brides in need of a dress.