LOVE at first sight is still a very real thing for hundreds of people who hooked up with the first person the Knock Marriage Bureau introduced them to.

EIGHT matches made in heaven — well, with a little help from a Catholic dating agency, at least — ended in marriage last year.

THE late John B Keane, who so graphically illuminated the world of matchmaking in Sive, would be glad to know the age-old profession still thrives in Ireland.