Katja Mia has opened up on her and fiancé Daragh Curran's wedding plans.
The TV presenter got engaged to the 'Guinness Guru' influencer while on holiday in Italy last summer and has pencilled in a date for the big day in 2026.
Katja and Daragh have been together for over seven years, so marriage feels like the next natural step in their relationship.
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Katja said: "We're only in the early stages of planning but it's really exciting. It's the biggest party you'll ever have in your life.
"We're really enjoying the planning stages and having conversations with everyone. We're just really excited to get married. We've been together for so long so it feels like the natural thing to do."
Katja and Daragh will celebrate their engagement this summer with a party in Burundi, where the Six O'Clock Show host's parents are originally from.
"In Burundi, the engagement party is a bigger deal than the wedding, it's called a Dot and it's a big deal," she explained.
"It's a really important part of our culture and heritage.
"I haven't been back there in ten years, so I can't wait to see family and really get immersed in my culture and show Daragh that, as he's never been there."
The couple started dating seven years ago after hitting it off on Tinder, and Katja credits her fiancé with being her biggest supporter as her broadcasting career has grown in recent years.
She told the RTE Guide: "We've been through so many life steps together, so he became my person and I became his. We've experienced life together and he's in a similar profession to mine, so he understands the positives and negatives that come with that.
"It's so nice to be with someone that gets you 100%."
Katja says 2024 was the best year of her life - not only personally, as she got engaged to Daragh, but professionally, too.
The Virgin Media star not only made the switch from weekends on Ireland AM to The Six O'Clock Show, she also became a fan favourite on Dancing With The Stars and reached the quarter finals.
It was a busy time, but Katja loved every moment.
"I really took time over Christmas to sit and reflect on it all. It was the first time I had slowed down," she said.
"I love a bit of journaling, practicing gratitude and I was able to sum it up during that break over Christmas. And I can say that because I've had years that were not so good and years where I was super low and very confused over what I wanted to do with my life.
"2024 was magical and while I didn't stop or take a break, that was necessary, the wave was going and I had to ride it and embrace the madness.
"It was a year of a lot of work, a lot of networking and trying things that scared me. But you have to do those things to grow."
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