Why dating in your 50s is not for the faint-hearted

After some disastrous dates, a Cork woman says there's plenty of fish in the sea — but she's not casting her net any more

With 8,000 dating sites across the world, you'd think it'd be easier to find love online. 

A 20-something looking to date will think nothing about going online, swiping left or right on whichever site is in vogue and chatting away to someone of the opposite (or same) sex — it’s unlikely they know any other other way to meet someone.

Venturing into the dating scene as a woman just out of her 40s (well, it’s nicer than saying 50) is a bit like sticking your head above the parapet — only to have it unceremoniously sliced off. It’s not for the fainthearted.