PINK NEWS: Ireland’s first public civil partnership ceremonies were due to take place this afternoon.
The law came into force on January 1st, although the vast majority of couples were required to give three months notice of their intent to tie the knot.
Six couples who obtained a special court exemption have had civil partnerships since February 7th. The couples, who all requested privacy, will have been granted exemptions on compassionate grounds, for example, when one partner is terminally ill.
Today, Dublin couple Hugh Walsh and Barry Dignam will be the first to have a civil partnership without a court exemption. Another couple is expected to follow them. » | Jessica Geen | Tuesday, April 05, 2011
