Ireland 'takes a huge step forward' as first same-sex couples marry

A hug and a kiss were how Wayne Gough and David James ‘DJ’ O’Hanlon celebrated being among the country’s first same-sex married couples yesterday.

They tied the knot at 9.30am, at one of Ireland’s most beautiful settings, overlooking Lough Eske, at Harvey’s Point Hotel, outside Donegal town.

The couple, who live in the little village of Lordship, near Carlingford, Co Louth, had a simple wedding before registrar, Siobhan Duffy-Browne.