Áilín Quinlan asks three couples to share the story of how they met and their secrets to a happy relationship

A younger generation may be giving Valentine’s Day the cold shoulder, but whatever your age romance (and a listening ear) will turn up the heat in your relationship, experts tell Deirdre Reynolds

The timing of Joanne Faulkner’s new book is exquisite. Launched just before Valentine’s Day, Good Food: Better Sex is a guide to intimacy that uses traditional Chinese medicine and food as its tools.

Love may be in the air this week as Valentine’s Day looms, but Cork couple Caroline Curran and Seán Weir were lucky enough to have real-life versions of Cupid in the form of their pals.

The side square up against Munster in Cork on Friday.

Love is in the air this week as many of us prepare to celebrate our loved ones with romantic gestures. But does this ever happen among animals too? They may not know it is Valentine’s day but do animals love in the ways that we do?

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Chocolatier Rhoda Kirwan wants lovers to consider buying Fairtrade for Valentine’s Day.

Nothing says celebration like the pop of a bottle, a glass of fizz.

Some may be in need of tender loving care, but properties at this Valentine’s Day auction could provide the perfect match, writes Tommy Barker

The Script have announced they will perform an open-air summer show at Irish Independent Park in Cork next summer as part of their huge European Sunsets and Full Moons tour.

The alt-pop trio will bring their Sunsets and Full Moons arena tour to the 3Arena in Dublin on March 6 and 7.

Maud and Sam of Blacks Brewery and Distillery in Kinsale have launched a five-year fund that allows investors to indulge their love of the spirit by keeping or selling on their whiskey

Kinsale firm Blacks Brewery and Distillery believes it has come up with a way for investors to combine their love of Irish whiskey and a desire for a market bet.

Today is June 1st and do you know what that means? It’s Dinosaur Day! And Don’t Give up the Ship Day, commemorating the last words said by Captain James Lawrence as his ship was being taken over by the British in 1813.

They might just well be if US Vogue is anything to go by. Rowena Walsh meets the women behind Stripe + Stare.

They might just well be, if Vogue is anything to go by...

Do not, I repeat, do not buy so much as a bunch of tulips. Do you hear me? They will all be reduced the next day and I’ll buy them myself after dropping the kids to school.”

Bord Pleanála has upheld plans to convert a former 19th-century bank in Dungarvan into a bar and restaurant as West Waterford salutes the success of the county’s greenway project.

So that’s Thursday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

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"Today is Valentine’s Day. This is a special day where you should spend quality time with your loved one"

But you’ll have to grab it fast as the limited edition flavour is only available exclusively from the Deliveroo app or website for one day only on February 14.

From green kettles to mustard lamps to Jolley art, we’ve got your style options covered, writes Esther N McCarthy.

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and there is no denying that silky, fragrant wines such as Pinot Noir, Grenache and Viognier can play their part in the noble art of seduction.

Looking for a day trip with a difference this Valentine’s Day? Check out Ciara McDonnell’s top suggestions.

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The exceedingly swish Castlewood House team up with town neighbours Dingle Cookery Schooland photographer Monika Coghlan of Pepperazzi for a Food Styling & Photography weekend with a workshop including cookery demo and lunch from DCS proprietor and all-round force of nature Mark Murphy at the school, a craft brewery tour at Dick Mac’s pub as well as Sunday lunch from The Little Cheese Shop.

From chocolates to dinner, from simple intimate time together to lavish spa treatments, Ciara McDonnell looks at some fabulous Valentine’s Day hotel breaks.

Just one more night and everything will all go back to normal. Introverts, humbugs and knackered livers can exhale, for the seasonal hullabaloo is drawing to a close. But what is normal in 2019? What can we expect? It appears Brexit will be the least of it. Should we get bunker building?

Derry and Dublin felt worlds apart in 1981, but the Stardust tragedy brought them together. Now, renewed bonds are helping them fight for justice for others, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

A throbbing ankle? What former Cork defender Kieran O'Connor presumed was a legacy from chasing fast corner-forwards turned into a nightmare he's battling every day.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 12.

The recently-published analysis on the potential impact of Brexit on the Irish economy, which was commissioned from Copenhagen Economics by the Government, makes for sober, but not surprising, reading.

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Why would you do that to yourself?

Brush your teeth, as learned from Black Mirror.

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Hands up who will take enthusiastic part in Pancake Tuesday today but be less inclined to eat fish tomorrow?

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Closely followed by the Galwegians.

Wednesday is the 37th anniversary of a tragedy that killed 48 people. The 1986 tribunal revealed the searing anguish of survivors, says Caroline O’Doherty.

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