"Shane & Nicky are ENGAGED!"


Both pop the question on Christmas day

Westlife hunks Nicky and Shane gave their girlfriends a mega Christmas surprise when they both asked: “Will you marry me?” The two stars handed over gleaming diamond engagement rings to seal their love. And when both girls said “yes” their homes erupted into a massive Christmas Day celebration.

Last night it was revealed the double wedding whammy was pure coincidence. Neither knew the other was about to pop the question. A pal said: “The timing was immaculate.”

Nicky, will marry Georgina, daughter of Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. He asked her at their new £1.7 million home in posh Malahide, a Seaside resort outside Dublin. And Shane, will tie the knot with Gillian – after asking her at their new £1m home in Sligo.

A pal told the Daily Star: “The first Shane knew about Nicky and Georgina’s engagement was when he rang manger, Louis Walsh, to tell him his good news.

Delight

“The next call he made was to Nicky to congratulate him and to tell him he was engaged to Gillian!”
Nicky, who has been dating Georgina for eight years, moved into the same millionaire’s row development as pop Ronan, just weeks ago. Georgina’s mum and dad are said to be “delighted”.

Shane has been dating Gillian for two years. She is a first cousin of bandmate Kian. He said recently: “I’ve known her since I was 12 and we were in musicals together: she was one of my first girlfriends when we were teenagers and dated for a few weeks.

“But she’s really great and I’m crazy about her.” Nicky and Georgina are also childhood sweethearts. Their 8th anniversary as an official couple was on October 8th.

Nicky said; “I first set eyes on Georgina the first day I went to school when I was 12 or 13. I told my mother I’d seen the girl I was going to marry. She laughed at me.”

Talented soccer player Nicky, who was on Leeds United’s books as a teenager: said after arranging a date his next big hurdle was her politician father. He said: “Her dad was Minister for Finance at the time. “I felt like I was living in an episode of Beverly Hills 90210.”

Taken from the Daily star



Getting engaged is like having 50 No1s

ROMANTIC Westlife pin-up SHANE FILAN got engaged to GILLIAN WALSH TWO WEEKS AGO in Dubai—but they didn't tell their delighted parents until Christmas Day, I can exclusively reveal.

The lovebirds had flown off on doctors' orders because Shane was suffering from glandular fever...and the millionaire singer popped the question on a star-lit seashore.

Shane and fellow bandmate NICKY BYRNE, who has also got engaged—to long-term girlfriend GEORGINA AHERN—gave me the inside track on their proposals. Smitten Shane reckoned: "It was like having 50 No1 records all in one go!" While loved-up Nicky gushed: "I'm the luckiest man in the world." Shane, who has dated Gillian for two years, said: "We had dinner at the Royal Meridian hotel where we were staying, then went for a walk on the beach.

Stars "We were lying on some deckchairs and Gillian was saying how amazing the stars looked, so I pulled out the ring and said, ‘What do you think of this star?' "She grabbed it off me, then I went down on one knee and said, ‘Will you marry me?' Gillian screamed, said yes and started crying, hugging and kissing me."

Nicky took a more traditional approach to his proposal to girlfriend-of-eight-years Georgina, the daughter of Irish Prime Minister BERTIE AHERN. He said: "I took Bertie to his local, Fagans in Drumcondra, on Christmas Eve and asked for her hand—and he said yes. Then I rang his wife, Laura, and she was over the moon. Georgina was downstairs when I got up on Christmas day. I just went down on one knee and she said yes. I love her so much—she's been with me through thick and thin."

Shane said: "Two Westlife weddings next year and a tour is gonna be crazy. But the band will not be splitting up. Getting married won't change Westlife's outlook."



Westlife duo have engaging Christmas

CHART-TOPPING superstars Westlife have been nicknamed 'Wedlife' after heartthrob duo Nicky Byrne and Shane Filan popped the question to their long-term girlfriends. ,br>
Dubliner Nicky is to marry childhood sweetheart Georgina Ahern, daughter of Taoiseach Bertie, while Sligo-born Shane proposed to partner Gillian Walsh.

And it was diamond engagement rings at the double.
Nicky (24) and Shane (23) surprised their girlfriends when they produced the rings on Christmas Day. According to the Irish Daily Star, neither bandmate knew of the other's plans to announce their engagement.

Now, fans will be wondering if there will be a fairytale double wedding next year.

Nicky and Georgina, the Taoiseach's eldest daughter, started dating at school - and have been inseparable ever since. They celebrated their eighth anniversary as a couple on October 8. Georgina graduated with a degree in business studies earlier in the year. Shane has also been together with his partner for some time. Mum Mae and dad Peter were said to be "delighted" with their son's news. Nicky has recently bought a new home in Malahide, north Dublin, while Shane has been building a dream lovenest for himself and Gillian in Carrone, Sligo, this year.

Meanwhile, Westlife's incredible success shows no sign of waning. The five-piece recently scored their 11th UK number one single with the ballad Unbreakable, giving them more chart-toppers than pop legends like The Rolling Stones, Abba and Madonna. More than 3,000 fans turned out for Westlife's in-store appearance at HMV in Belfast last month.

During their World Of Our Own tour earlier in 2002, Westlife performed a record-breaking string of 12 dates in Belfast. And the band was hoping to smash that number in 2003.

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