{"id":503619,"date":"2026-06-17T03:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503619\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T03:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:14:16","slug":"an-irish-billionaires-yacht-just-played-its-part-in-the-celebrity-wedding-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503619\/","title":{"rendered":"An Irish billionaire&#8217;s yacht just played its part in the celebrity wedding of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need to knowDua Lipa and Callum Turner\u2019s honeymoon got a mega-luxury upgrade<\/p>\n<p>11:22, 16 Jun 2026Updated 11:22, 16 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nero, the yacht owned by Cork businessman Denis O'Brien\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781666055_570_0_nero.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Nero, the yacht owned by Cork businessman Denis O'Brien\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Nero, the yacht owned by Cork businessman Denis O&#8217;Brien(Image: NMVV)<\/p>\n<p>Pop icon and husband honeymoon on Irishman&#8217;s yachtPop sensation Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner have celebrated their lavish Italian wedding with a honeymoon aboard Cork businessman Denis O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s luxury superyacht.The couple tied the knot at the medieval Villa Valguarnera in Bagheria, Sicily, in a three-day celebration estimated to have cost around \u20ac1.5 million. The intimate ceremony followed their formal marriage at Marylebone Town Hall in London.Sir Elton John performed his classic song &#8216;Your Song&#8217; for the newlyweds, whilst Dua&#8217;s diamond-decorated wedding gown was personally designed by fashion legend Donatella Versace. The villa&#8217;s interior was adorned with hyacinths and peonies, with guests receiving cigarettes and handkerchiefs embroidered with the phrase, &#8216;Stay mad with me forever&#8217;.After the celebrations, which concluded with a 10-minute fireworks display, the couple boarded the 90-metre yacht Nero moored in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The superyacht, purchased by Cork telecoms magnate Denis O&#8217;Brien in 2014, can be rented for just under half a million euros per week.The luxury vessel boasts an expansive sun deck with Jacuzzi, 5.7-metre resistance pool, multiple dining areas, spacious lounges, cinema room, beauty salon and state-of-the-art gym. It sleeps 12 people, making it ideal for that dream party.The couple spent their first night alone as newlyweds aboard the opulent yacht off the beautiful Italian coast.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dua Lipa and Callum Turner pictured at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 34th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 15, 2026 in West Hollywood, California\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_GettyImages-2266742239.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Dua Lipa and Callum Turner pictured at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 34th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 15, 2026 in West Hollywood, California\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Dua Lipa and Callum Turner pictured at the Elton John AIDS Foundation&#8217;s 34th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 15, 2026 in West Hollywood, California<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">READ THE FULL STORY: <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/culture\/music-nightlife\/newlyweds-dua-lipa-callum-turner-34127683\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Newlyweds Dua Lipa and Callum Turner honeymoon on Yacht owned by Cork billionaire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Need to knowDua Lipa and Callum Turner\u2019s honeymoon got a mega-luxury upgrade 11:22, 16 Jun 2026Updated 11:22, 16&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9890,46,7517,5929,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-503619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-weddings","tag-cork","tag-denis-obrien","tag-dua-lipa","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}