Croatian priests may ban Irish weddings

CATHOLIC Church leaders in a Mediterranean holiday resort have threatened to ban Irish ‘wedding tourists’ who think more about the holiday aspect of their trip than holy vows.

Senior clerics in the historic Croatian town of Dubrovnik are fed up with poorly prepared wedding couples and their scantily clad female guests taking over their churches and placing unreasonable demands on their priests.

They have now asked Irish bishops to discourage such parties and threatened not to cater to couples who do not bring their own Irish priest with them to perform the wedding ceremony.