Texting and internet use are causing problems in marriages, according to research from Accord, the Catholic Marriage Care Service.

Couples should be upfront about spending habits once their relationship gets serious. That doesn’t mean that they have to forsake their independence says Grainne McGuinness but it means when times are tough, they will be more united

Significantly fewer Irish people believe that a couple who have a child ought to be married — but more consider marriage to be a life-long commitment.

IT’S all about love and romance when couples first move in together. They are eager to spend more time together and get to know each other in new ways. They also believe they are making a good financial decision.

Verbal abuse, anxiety, and stress led to problems in almost 80% of marriages last year while reports of physical violence have decreased, figures show.

MORE marriages are breaking down because of financial and gambling worries and an alarming rise in the use of internet porn and cyber sex.

Troubled couples who cannot sell their homes in the recession are turning to counselling rather than separating, it was revealed today.

Anyone proposing or accepting a Valentine’s Day offer of marriage in Dublin will have to wait months for a place on a preparation course, it emerged today.