Make a date with the right partner

IT is never too late to find love for the first time, or to embrace the dating scene again after years of absence. It just takes a bit of courage.

According to the 2011 Census there are 1.5m single people in Ireland, many of these are divorced, separated or widowed and surely have not given up on the hope of finding a new and lasting relationship.

Just ask Bill Phelan, 61, a former commercial property agent. He had been separated for seven years when he finally found the courage to join a dating agency.