The top wedding presents to buy now for the home 

'Go with the heart rather than the cash. A physical gift is something they’ll always have,' says Irish wedding blogger Sara Kennedy

Portuguese hand-glazed tableware from the Considered range by Helen James for Dunnes Stores includes mugs €8, plates and bowls from €10.

Fans of Virgin One’s This Morning programme might remember the episode with a segment on truly awful wedding gifts, when viewers rang in regaling their horror stories of receiving things like a used toaster with crumbs still in it and cheese bits stuck on, and another who was presented with a pre-loved deep fat fryer.

Does this sort of thing happen often, I asked Sara Kennedy, owner of Irish Wedding Blog and author of The Ultimate Wedding Planning Guide Ireland. “There’s less chance of that happening now with money gifts but my aunt got married in the ’90s and got 10 clocks,” she says.