The couple had already celebrated their relationship by exchanging personal vows in a mock wedding after the High Court temporarily blocked the prospective groom, as a ward of court, from getting married. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
A couple with intellectual disabilities will be able to marry, following a decision of Judge Geoffrey Shannon in the Circuit Civil Court that will have profound implications for other intellectually challenged people.
Judge Shannon on Monday threw out an application by a residential care centre which sought a declaration that one of its residents, now in his 40s, lacked the capacity to consent to marriage.
He and his long-term girlfriend and partner, who have been in a loving relationship for two decades, will be the first intellectually challenged couple to take advantage of
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