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21st Jul 2013

Picture: Irish lad couldn’t make it home from Oz to get to his mate’s wedding, so sends a cardboard cut out instead

We all know one or two people who've had to go abroad in search of work, and often on a big occasion with all the family and friends around they can be sorely missed

JOE

 We all know one or two people who’ve had to go abroad in search of work, and often on a big occasion with all the family and friends around they can be sorely missed

That looked like it was going to be the case for James Coffey, who wasn’t able to make the trip home from Down Under to see his two friends Ian and Amanda’s big day.

However, with a bit of innovation (and possibly an expensive postage bill) he did make it back…sort of.

Lad not at wedding 2

He had the suit and all on, but still brought an Aussie flavour by throwing on a pair of Uggs to top off the whole outfit. He was even there for the few scoops with the lads too.

Lad not at wedding