From today, just 100 guests will be permitted to attend wedding receptions. It is part of the new Covid-19 restrictions announced on Friday.
It has meant that couples getting married in the next six weeks who have invited over 100 guests have to make some difficult choices.
Gavin Callahan and Emma Blint are one such couple. They are due to get married at Adare Manor in County Limerick on New Year's Eve 2021.
They live in Basildon in Essex in England, but both have family in Ireland. "On my dad's side [I have family] from Sligo, and from my mum's side they're from Mullingar, and Emma's side are from Foxford, so when we thought about where to get married it just made sense to go to Ireland," Mr Callahan said.