Same-sex was signed into law in Ireland, five months after a historic referendum saw the traditionally catholic nation became the world's first country to vote for gay unions.
"The presidential commission today signed the 'marriage bill 2015' into law," the president's office said in a statement, paving the way for the first weddings within a month.
Ireland voted 62.1 percent in favour of allowing marriage between two people "without distinction as to their sex" in may, the first time anywhere the gay marriage has been legalised in a referendum. The first ceremonies should be possible by mid- November, according to justice minister Frances Fitzgerald.
Senator Katherine Zappone, who had long campaigned for her Canadian marriage to her wife to be recognised in ireland called it "a difiing moment" "it is a deeply emotional moment for those of us who have campaigned for so long" Zappone said in a statement.
In a memorable moment that unfolded live on national television after the referendum result was announced Zappone proposed to her wife Ann Louise Giligan to re-marry her under Irish law.
President Michael D Higgins is on a visit to the united States, so in his place the bill was signed by senior delegates of the presidential commission.
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