The fact that Ireland had recently approved same-sex marriage — the first country in the world to do so with a referendum — offered a solution. News of their intentions became public when Mr. Murphy called into a popular radio show last week about an unrelated matter. She informed the show’s host, Joe Duffy, who asked Mr. Murphy about it on air. Mr. Murphy, a slender, dapper man, uses a cane when he walks, with Mr. O’Sullivan solicitously supporting his elbow. “What does it matter, if we’re friends and it works for us?” Mr. O’Sullivan said.

Source: New York Times December 24, 2017 18:11 UTC