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The top ‘icks’ that put people off relationships, according to daters

"I fancied him so much. Until he clapped his hands when we landed," admits Olga who called it…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

68% of Irish people in their late 20s are living at home — so how is it impacting their sex lives?

Between the pandemic, housing crisis, and exorbitant cost of living, many young people have been forced to move…

By Sarah Gill

SELF

Love is a battlefield: The unending cycle of online dating apps

When it comes to the modern world of online dating, there are a few apps that reign supreme.…

By Sarah Finnan

SELF

The 7 stages of ghosting grief

To quote the ever-wise Hilary Duff: "Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless…

By Sarah Finnan

SELF

First date deal-breakers: The seven absolute worst things to do on a first date

Dating is hard. It’s time-consuming and expensive and paranoia-inducing, but now it seems to be getting even harder,…

By Geraldine Carton

SELF

The 2024 dating trends say a lot about our relationship priorities

Cuffing season is here, but what's in store for the dating world in 2024? We asked the experts…

By Sarah Finnan

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SELF

Modern dating: 6 break up ‘tactics’ we’d like to see the end of

Reading about ghosting made Jennifer McShane mull over all the other modern dating tactics that need to be…

By Jennifer McShane

SELF

Sober curious? Modern dating and the rise of ‘dry’ dating

Drinking culture is so ingrained in us as a people that, more often than not, our first inclination…

By Sarah Finnan

SELF

What has everyone got against dating Gemini men? 

Regularly cited as one of the "most hated" signs of the zodiac, people seem to have a lot…

By Sarah Finnan

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AGENDA

No Irish woman would be swindled by the Tinder Swindler

This all could have been prevented with a basic understanding of one word: notions. We may only be…

By Sarah Finnan

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SELF

2022 is the year I delete dating apps and actually mean it this time. No, listen, I actually mean it this time

I need to not feel like I'm picking someone to talk to in the same way I pick…

By Hannah Kingston

SELF

How to survive the first mercury retrograde of the year with your dating life intact (according to your zodiac)

Green Day wants you to wake them up when September ends. We say wait until Mercury is out…

By Sarah Finnan