Gardai in the elite Sham Marriage Unit have been inundated with calls this morning from people who claim their marriages are bogus, fraudulent or deeply unpleasant.
The calls followed an announcement by garda sources that they had objected to 57 suspected sham marriages.
“We knew there were more out there but had no idea the figures were so high,” a source said. “There’s hardly a marriage in the State that isn’t a sham.”
“Callers have told us sordid tales of separate bank accounts, unshared housework and a distinct lack of sex,” he added. “The Sham Marriage Unit is completely overrun.”
