Stephen Ireland has opened up about wedding his beautiful bride, Jessica Lawlor.
The footballer suffered an injury whilst training just two weeks before getting married, but he didn’t let it ruin his big day.
“We had been waiting to get married for so long and I was getting better each day, so I thought, ‘I can pull this off.’ I just had to man up,” he said.
The Cork native revealed that it was an emotional day for him, as he gushed about his blushing bride.
“I was absolutely gobsmacked at how beautiful she looked,” the 29-year-old admitted to Hello! magazine.
“To see her in her wedding dress, with our families there and the choir, was really emotional.”
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Newlywed Jessica also opened up about their special day.
“When I saw Stephen I was really happy, emotional and excited to be getting married.
“No matter how much you see a person day to day there is something different on your wedding day – you see them in a different light.
“The choir started singing Whitney Houston’s My Love Is Your Love and I just kind of lost it. I felt really overwhelmed.”
The love birds are now planning their next step and thinking about expanding their brood – Stephen is already father to two kids from a previous relationship, and the newlyweds are parents to son Jacob, 8.
“The kids have been nagging us to get married and now it’s, ‘When are you having a baby?’
“I would love another one but Stephen would have a massive brood!” she added.
