Post by audrey on Apr 21, 2006 23:53:04 GMT 8
WESTLIFE'S Mark Feehily has rubbished claims he intends to follow Elton John's footsteps and marry his gay partner.
The soft-spoken boyband singer staunchly denied rumours that he will enter into a civil partnership, or otherwise tie the knot, with his lover Kevin McDaid in the near future as Sir Elton did recently with his gay lover David Furnish.
The flamboyant pair married at a lavish reception in December when civil partnerships between gay couples became officially sanctioned in the UK.
The 25-year-old multimillionaire singer first met his boyfriend, formerly of boyband V, after the Cheerios Childline concert in Dublin last year and they have since become engaged. But Mark is adamant that wedding bells won't be ringing in the near future.
"There are no wedding plans. There was never any wedding plans, it was totally picked out of the sky," he told the Irish Independent yesterday.
"I might go to Canada for a holiday, who knows, but not to get married," he said referring to the recent legalisation of gay marriage in Canada.
"I may get married one day, but there is no notion or plans now," he added.
He made the comments after appearing with fellow band mates Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne on the pitch at Croke Park yesterday.
The band joined fellow crooner, former Boyzone and 'Coronation Street' star Keith Duffy and members of the St Andrews GAA Club in Co Carlow, as they kicked around a football and mounted racing cycles to launch a ground-breaking event for Keith's charity Irish Autism Action. Ten volunteer football players from the GAA club will spend 11 days cycling 1,000 miles through all 32 counties in June as part of the round-Ireland Autism Life Cycle. They will stop at each county's GAA pitch to score a goal and point before moving onto the next county and intend to cycle 100 miles a day. Keith, whose six-year-old daughter Mia suffers from autism, said he would also join the team as they cycle through Dublin on June 10. However, despite his prowess as a marathon runner, Keith said he won't be joining them on the tour. But he had nothing but praise for the volunteers to help raise vital funds for the facility. "They're fantastic to do it for us," he said. Faced with a two-year waiting list, there is a backlog of about 1,500 autistic children in Ireland who desperately need the services now. "I'm one of the fortunate ones who has a placement for my daughter," he said.
Funds raised in each community will be earmarked for local children with the disorder. The event kicks off in Drogheda, Co Louth on June 1 and winds up at Dr Cullen Park in Carlow on June 11. Details are available at the IAA National office at 044 31609 or at www.autismireland.ie .
Credit/Source: Irish Independent
The soft-spoken boyband singer staunchly denied rumours that he will enter into a civil partnership, or otherwise tie the knot, with his lover Kevin McDaid in the near future as Sir Elton did recently with his gay lover David Furnish.
The flamboyant pair married at a lavish reception in December when civil partnerships between gay couples became officially sanctioned in the UK.
The 25-year-old multimillionaire singer first met his boyfriend, formerly of boyband V, after the Cheerios Childline concert in Dublin last year and they have since become engaged. But Mark is adamant that wedding bells won't be ringing in the near future.
"There are no wedding plans. There was never any wedding plans, it was totally picked out of the sky," he told the Irish Independent yesterday.
"I might go to Canada for a holiday, who knows, but not to get married," he said referring to the recent legalisation of gay marriage in Canada.
"I may get married one day, but there is no notion or plans now," he added.
He made the comments after appearing with fellow band mates Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne on the pitch at Croke Park yesterday.
The band joined fellow crooner, former Boyzone and 'Coronation Street' star Keith Duffy and members of the St Andrews GAA Club in Co Carlow, as they kicked around a football and mounted racing cycles to launch a ground-breaking event for Keith's charity Irish Autism Action. Ten volunteer football players from the GAA club will spend 11 days cycling 1,000 miles through all 32 counties in June as part of the round-Ireland Autism Life Cycle. They will stop at each county's GAA pitch to score a goal and point before moving onto the next county and intend to cycle 100 miles a day. Keith, whose six-year-old daughter Mia suffers from autism, said he would also join the team as they cycle through Dublin on June 10. However, despite his prowess as a marathon runner, Keith said he won't be joining them on the tour. But he had nothing but praise for the volunteers to help raise vital funds for the facility. "They're fantastic to do it for us," he said. Faced with a two-year waiting list, there is a backlog of about 1,500 autistic children in Ireland who desperately need the services now. "I'm one of the fortunate ones who has a placement for my daughter," he said.
Funds raised in each community will be earmarked for local children with the disorder. The event kicks off in Drogheda, Co Louth on June 1 and winds up at Dr Cullen Park in Carlow on June 11. Details are available at the IAA National office at 044 31609 or at www.autismireland.ie .
Credit/Source: Irish Independent