Single men in America hiring Irish accent coaches to pick up women

We all know the Irish accent is one of the sexiest in the world, and now some single men in America are trying to tap in to its appeal on the opposite sex by learning the lilt.

A voice coach has revealed that a large number of his clients are single men and American tourists.

Jim Johnson runs an online service which enables customers to master their chosen dialent. Of the 40 accent he teaches, four of them are Irish.