Love lingers online

LOVE took just two weeks to blossom for a Limerick man and his American bride.

Nigel McGill, 38, from Abbeyfeale, had been swapping love letters with American poet and novelist Rio Rox, a woman he had met on the internet, for just two weeks when he decided to follow his heart halfway around the world and ask her to marry him.

After connecting on a dating site, the pair embarked on a “whirlwind” digital romance swapping emails, stories and heavy metal music videos.