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Wed 07 Jul 2009Civil marriages may overtake religious weddings by 2012
THOUSANDS OF couples are opting to shun religious weddings in favour of civil ceremonies, new figures show.
The proportion of civil marriages has increased dramatically from just 6 per cent (or 928) of all marriages in 1996 to just over 23 per cent (or 5,127) in 2006, according to latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures.
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