Field of dreams - Cork's Bell’s Field provides ideal location for US student's proposal

The medical student from New York chose the Cork park over the Empire State building and Niagara Falls to ask his big question

Ali Syed proposing to Maha Irfan in Bell's Field, Cork. Ali said: "I thought we would have a nice private moment but when we got there, there was like 100 people enjoying the evening sunshine.

He swept her off her feet with a romantic sunset proposal in a city park that captured her heart.

But Ali Syed, from New York, said it was the people in Cork's Bell’s Field who cheered and applauded after he popped the question to his girlfriend, Maha Ifran, who helped turn the moment gold.