Ireland’s First ‘Gay Wedding’ Planners Provide The Finishing Touch
The Finishing Touch plans to break down Ireland’s prejudice towards ‘same sex marriage’
19th June, 2010; Dublin, Ireland: The Finishing Touch, Ireland’s first dedicated ‘gay wedding’ planning service was launched at the Carton House Hotel today. Set up by experienced wedding planner Caroline Moloney, the firm plans to cater for the boom in same sex nuptials that are being legalised with the forthcoming Civil Partnership Bill.
The Finishing Touch treats same sex couples with the same high quality of service and attention to detail that us currently given to heterosexual couples. Whilst a traditional wedding church service will still not be legal in Ireland they will ensure that every other aspect of a traditional or modern wedding can be provided for same sex couples who are having what are termed ‘commitment ceremonies’.
Caroline is an experienced wedding planner with five years under her belt organising weddings and corporate events. She trained under one of Ireland’s top wedding planners, but decided to branch out on her own to allow her to include ‘same sex marriages’. She was also event manager for ADP Ltd where she undertook client / employee entertainment and team building events.
Caroline Moloney, founder of The Finishing Touch, said: “I’ve seen the homophobic prejudice in the Irish wedding planning industry first hand. Other wedding planners shun gay couples and refuse to deal with them. I can’t understand this attitude; same sex couples deserve the right to have their nuptials as any other couples do. Whether it is two brides, two grooms, or transvestite/transgender bride, they will be catered for in their own special way.”
People still need to get married even in a recession and The Finishing Touch does not restrict itself specifically to same sex civil partnerships and also organises traditional heterosexual weddings and corporate events.
The company also intends to keep lobbying the Irish government for further equality for gay couples and will highlight inadequacies in the law.
Moloney adds: “Sadly the Civil Partnership Bill does not go far enough to bring about equality for same sex couples and actual gay weddings are still some way off. But attitudes are starting to change, so thankfully gay couples can now enjoy their nuptials with a civil wedding ceremony.”
Further details on The Finishing Touch can be found at www.thefinishingtouch.ie
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Other members of The Finishing Touch team
David Moloney, Experienced Father of the Bride
They say behind every good man is a good woman, well in this instance it is a case of David being the good man behind the good woman. He is the quintessential ‘father of the bride’ and bears the scars to prove it. Every business benefits from a ‘bit of grey hair’ and there is no substitute for experience. David’s a serial entrepreneur and brings his years of experience working on his various companies to support Caroline and The Finishing Touch. There’s nothing he doesn’t know.
Daragh Hanafin, Pink Power Dresser
Our ‘pink executive’ provides the pizzazz and that certain je ne sais quoi. Daragh, a ‘retail therapist’, is Caroline’s right hand man when it comes to same sex weddings; they met when they were attending Dublin Business School, where they studied business and marketing, and have been friends ever since.
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