Wedding industry hopeful of pink pound windfall

Wedding suppliers and hoteliers are set to reap a multi-million euro annual bonanza from the pink pound if marriage equality is passed in the referendum.

With successive polls showing overwhelming support for the yes campaign, major players in the wedding industry are preparing for what they say will be their biggest boost in years.

Industry sources have predicted that up to 600 same-sex weddings will take place in Ireland in the first post-referendum year if voters opt to change the Constitution on May 22.