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FIVE YEARS AGO Fiona Doyle put an ad on Daft to rent out a room in her house, this summer she married her ‘lodger’.
She told TheJournal.ie that she realised she liked Mike about two months after he moved in.
“We went on our first date after living together for about four months.
“In one way it’s very funny – we never had to decide when to take the next step and move in together.”
The couple got married in Killarney in July. Fiona said there were plenty of jokes at the reception about how Mike will never see his deposit again and how Fiona set the house rules from the start.
The pair are still living in the same house where they started out as lodger and landlord.
Kieran Harte from Daft.ie said, “We were over the moon to hear how we played our own little part in Fiona and Mike’s love story and we wish them health, wealth and happiness for years to come!”
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And this is on The Journal because…….???
First thing i thought.
The Journal is owned by Daft.ie
Ah Amy, everyone loves a love story!
See my reply above to Teegan. Also if you’re not interested in it, you’ll be glad to know we have tens of other stories on the site today! :)
I met my missus one friday night locked outta me bin…..where’s my journal artice
@Aoife – having other stories is what you’re supposed to do as a news site. Don’t try using it as a justification for wasting your readers’ time with this non-story plug for your sister site. Pathetic.
I’m with Aoife on this one… Bunch of anti-social fools giving out about 1 nice story that was slightly less depressing and real than what we get as a society these days. Bet they sit on their phones, watching the headlines roll in. If ye red- thumbers don’t appreciate this site, then download the sky or bbc app. Now, that would be depressing. I bet ye even have the Facebook app neatly placed beside the iournal app, furiously crossing over, searching for something….
@MikeMcAllen – are you seriously demanding what you want a free app to broadcast? Why don’t you start your own website, old pal? You can decide what to broadcast. Anything remotely frivolous, which in turn is subjective btw, can be cut. The cherry on the cake is that you decided to read this article and then consciously decided to type a retort with your two clumsy thumbs, robbing you of both dignity and 20 minutes of your precious weekend…
Beats looking at stories about abortion … Gay marriage …and Educate Together schools
It’s always funny to watch those who complain about articles they don’t think should be on the site – in spite of the fact that they have contributed to the articles popularity and therefore the reason such topics get so much coverage..
It’s almost as if they thought the journal staff did this job for the lulz, er – how do they think staff, servers, developers etc get paid?
Nothing at all to do with advertising revenue, which is sold based upon page clicks and website traffic..
If you hate the topic so much – don’t contribute to it.. If it doesn’t interest you, no one is forcing you to read it. In fact – if you truly didn’t want to see articles on certain topics, you wouldn’t need to be told this, you’d just ignore them.
Because she is a serious honey and I, for one, am very grateful!
Shoulder to the wheel Mike.
Get stuck into that negative equity.
The least she could do is put your name on the mortgage.
Isn’t Daft owned by the same people as The Journal? I suspect some self interest at play here! Hundreds of desperate single people heading onto daft for a new home and a new boyfriend/girlfriend they hope
Hi there, yep we are connected with Dart indeed – the story was first on Daft.ie and we thought it was lovely so chatted to Fiona and Mike ourselves!
It’s a sweet story but I don’t think anyone can guarantee the same thing will happen to them ;)
Oops I meant Daft, not DART…
Oh I see a few people are grumpy today !! A nice feel good story and the Police are called for Daft reasons !
It’s not a news story. It’s utterly commonplace and of zero value as news or anything else.
Then why did you read it and feel the need to comment on it??
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned just how far this guy is punching above his weight. He’s had a proper result there. Credit where credit is due sir.
seriously your man is a fine thing
i’d say his credit wasn’t so bad by the looks of it, between properties maybe.
Hardly newsworthy!!
It’s barely even ‘Daily Edge’ worthy. Why shite like this is making it onto my news-feed is beyond me
Who owns the journal?
Daft media.
This is a daft related story – we get them from time to time. What are you gonna do?
Some people will piss and moan about anything… If you don’t think its newsworthy then don’t read it. The headline was pretty explanatory so why read and then why comment.
Jesus relax everyone…
Yeah don’t worry – all the nasty stories will be back.
Same thing happened for me & my now 12yr hubbie. It didn’t make the news then! Slow news day I guess
Maybe if TheJournal.ie was around 12 years ago, Maria ;)
How is this news
Hi Ian! We thought it was a sweet story – also we have a big range of stories on the site, so while this might not be hard news, it’s a nice colour feature.
No Aoife, there’s no colour there at all. It’s possibly the dullest, most inane piece I’ve ever read on this site.
It’s not that everyone is commenting here because they’re bitter or don’t like a good love story. This just isn’t out of the ordinary at all. A lot of people know a couple who met this way.
Colette. Interesting that several other people (guys) made similar comments to mine, however, you’re singling me out and resorting to school yard name calling. My comment didn’t insult anyone. Is that how you treat people with opposing opinions in court?
Journal does not need colourful sweet story – It’s enough you are here with your sweetie colourful smile ;)
It’s a lovely story.
Nice to read in the midst of war stories, shooting and sadness stories.
It’s a Sunday evening, relax.
The best to the two of them- a room is empty now that they are sharing a bed- room for a cot or two in the years ahead-
She’ll end up nagging him til he goes insane and when he asks her to leave shell throw him out of his own house. Thank god I have a spare room. That’s women for you
Congratulations and best wishes to you both.
If you have a problem with the story don’t bother reading it and if you can’t find anything else on the journal that interests you don’t bother looking it up. It’s not like you have to pay read any of the articles. It’s free so I don’t know why people are so cynical, go out and buy a news paper
Very hard to please everybody. Maybe all you moaners out there prefer the tragic stories! Hard to understand how you would read the heading, then read the story knowing what it is about, and then moan.
I think they’re saying daft.ie is also “find your future other half”.
Whiskey tango foxtrot?
This is a lovely story pity about all the bitter people out there, fair play nice to read some good news for a change and aren’t they one good looking couple, stunning the two of them.
Lovely couple! I mean it sincerely.May you enjoy a long happy life together.
Obviously she should have been renting a room in Israel,where the lodger had just arrived from fighting in Palestine and needed help putting up all his anti-Obama pictures in his room,when true love blossomed over adversity and religious division. Then this story would have a real place on the Journal
A good news story but the moaners will still moan. You’ll never be happy. Ba humbug!!!
What a nice story. I have no issue around whether it’s “newsworthy” as we’ve established above that it isn’t.
However, I don’t understand why ye don’t run stories advertising Daft in the same way as sponsored stories from outside advertisers like Centra/Eason etc. I don’t think there would be any complaints if it was handled that way.
Wonderful story .Wishing them every happiness.
Yawn already, and this is interesting because????
Good on him he got a lot for his money there. A nice house a cracking looking woman and happily ever after. If only I could find that someone special it’s no fun being on your own in life
I hope Fiona was a Registered LandLord and made her tax returns & paid any tax due.
I hope Mike claimed his Rent Allowance ……. Now there’s a Loophole.
Hi Aoife, thanks for putting this nice story on the agenda today, you’re dead right, never mind the whingers, everyone should enjoy a happy buzz from time to time…
This is a great idea in fairness
You would see this type of story in the Sun or Star any day of the week but even though the Journal isn’t a rag, why not here?
You can’t please everyone, it seems. Whatever the motivation for the story was, it was a cool, feel good story, which makes a nice change to stories about beheadings or Phil Hogan.
Wow, he is seriously punching above his weight here with this girl.
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