Ciara gives in to pier pressure, gets her man
MIRIAM LORD'S WEEK:CONGRATULATIONS to Ciara Conway, Labour TD for Waterford, who became engaged this week and is sporting a fabulous aquamarine ring.
Ciaras intended popped the question on Dn Laoghaire pier just before midnight, to a chorus of cheers from French and Spanish students in the bandstand.
Gary Honer he is parliamentary assistant to Deputy Eric Byrne and Ciara got together at last years Tom Johnston Summer School in Kilkenny. The couple headed off for a walk on the pier after Tuesdays late sitting of the Dil.
I wasnt expecting it, but I got a bit suspicious when it started to belt rain and Gary wouldnt go back to the car says Ciara. He made me sit on a capstan and then went down on one knee in the pouring rain.
Ciaras 10-year-old daughter Avea-May was in on the plot Gary, who is from Crumlin, had asked for her permission to marry her mum. Avea-May is proudly announcing their engagement in todays social and personal column.
Party leader Eamon Gilmore congratulated the happy couple on Thursday at Labours end-of-term barbecue. He said he was doubly delighted because they got engaged in his constituency.
The venue is already booked and it will be a Christmas wedding in Dungarvan, but not until 2013.
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