The increasing popularity of civil ceremonies
Fewer than half of the weddings that took place in Ireland last year were in a Catholic church.\n\nNew figures from the CSO show 42% or 9,376 weddings were Roman Catholic in 2022.\n\nIn total, there were 22,555 opposite-sex marriages, 305 male same-sex marriages and 313 female same-sex marriages.\n\nNewstalk reporter Josh Crosbie has been looking into the growing popularity of civil ceremonies.