What's stopping single men from committing to relationships?

Nearly half of men aged 30-39 are single but 90% want to be in a relationship. So what’s stopping them?

THE single Irish man is changing. Yes, he still wears T-shirts in winter, still eats burgers and chips like there is no tomorrow, and still urinates — cheekily — in public but it would seem he is getting older.

“Two or three decades ago, living together and casual relationships were not part of the social norm,” says relationship counsellor and psychotherapist Lisa O’Hara.