Colm O'Regan: For the love of God, it’s Valentine’s Day again

"For some, it affords the time to reconnect with their special person over a nice meal in a restaurant - for others, it’s a time to stand at the window of restaurants, making lewd gestures at the couples inside."

Comedian and Irish Examiner columnist Colm O'Regan pictured in Cork. Picture Denis Minihane.

ST Valentine’s Day — also known as "THIS week? I Thought It Was The Week After".

The origins of Valentine himself are still vague. There were a few Valentines knocking around the Greater Roman area 1,800 years ago.