Say cheese! Celebrity couple wed in a world of their own

NOT a wave, not a smile … and don’t even think about asking for a photograph. It’s fair to say the wedding of Westlife star Nicky Byrne and the Taoiseach’s daughter, Georgina Ahern, was not run-of-the-mill.

The celebrity couple yesterday conducted the first part of an international matrimonial two-hander by tying the knot at a civil ceremony in Wicklow town. However, Nicky and Georgina’s World of Our Own attitude to the event disappointed many young Westlife fans as they failed to acknowledge the large crowds who had waited several hours in scorching sunshine to wish them well.

The grim, red-brick health board building couldn’t provide a more stark contrast to the French chateau to be used for the reception after Saturday’s church wedding near Paris.