First same-sex wedding takes place in Northern Ireland
A couple from Belfast have become the first people ever to have a same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
Robyn Peoples, 26, and Sharni Edwards, 27, made history on Tuesday afternoon when they married at a hotel in Carrickfergus.
It’s official. Northern Ireland’s first same-sex wedding has taken place in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim! Presenting Mrs and Mrs Robyn and Sharni Edwards-Peoples #LGBT @Love_EqualityNI @TRPNI pic.twitter.com/hgoIZvjxwX
— Amanda Ferguson (@AmandaFBelfast)
The couple have been in a relationship for six years and booked a civil partnership last summer, but changed the ceremony to a wedding after the law changed last month.
More to follow.
