Couple celebrate their moment in City Hall’s first civil wedding

NOT even wind and rain could dampen spirits at the first civil marriage ceremony at Cork City Hall yesterday.

Ann Marie Collins and Eric Meehan were married in the Lord Mayor’s Office at 2pm after beating other Cork couples in the “Win your Wedding” competition.

“It has been hard, but we got there,” said an excited Ann Marie. “It is a bit surreal to be honest. I didn’t really believe it till I put on my dress this morning,”