Re: cost of wedding!!
There's a new magazine out today called 25 Real Irish Weddings that has pictures of couples - does what it says on the tin. Thumb through that to see what you can get for your money.
Also, the civil registration act allows you to consolidate ceremony location and venue location into one which could help you save on flowers, transportation, mass booklets, the works. The venue has to be a public venue, in that anyone can use it for that purpose (same as a function room) and it has to be approved. Any venue event manager worth his weight should know whom to contact to get the location approved.