VIDEO: Cork couple's dream day brought to end by last minute legal issue

It was meant to be the best day of their lives — but a last-minute legal issue meant it ended in heartbreak.

A couple from Cork were prevented from being among the first gay couples to tie the knot in Ireland yesterday because a 24-hour notice period required under the Civil Registration Act had not elapsed.

Dolores Murphy and her partner, Mabel Stoop-Murphy, who arrived at the registry office in Cork City at noon yesterday to get married, left minutes later with their long-held dreams of the perfect wedding day in tatters.