The New York-based company that owns dating websites Match.com, OkCupid and Tinder has bought Canadian dating website PlentyOfFish for US $575 million.

Irish Water is expected to announce that less than half have paid water charges;Cork camogie captain urges others not to hide their feelings; Paul O’Connell has explained that there was no option but to call time on his Ireland career; Alexis Tsipras is facing a revolt in his left-wing party. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Apple’s digital store iTunes has announced its biggest selling apps of the year, with Facebook and popular sandbox game Minecraft both topping best seller charts from the App Store.

Niche dating sites are abundant these days. There are sites just for single people who are gluten free, farmers, or those passionate about Star Trek.

Two’s Company is finding love for its members, and takes the challenge very seriously, writes Geoff Percival.

IN the world of online dating agencies where first, second and last chances at romance are frequently promised, the guiding ethos of Catholic Match is simple and direct: ‘Grow in faith, fall in love’ is its website’s guiding mantra — a message that is clearly being heeded, given its one million visitors every month.

TIME was when it was seriously uncool to be seen wearing braces when social etiquette dictated that they, like pregnant bellies and bra straps, should be kept out of sight.

It was just hours after a Colorado cinema shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack that killed 12 people.

Deirdre Reynolds does the homework to help some clueless men decide what to pop in their loved one’s Christmas stocking.

ONE of the co-founders of Facebook is being tipped as a speaker for the next Dublin Web Summit — which is one of the largest tech events in Ireland and Britain.

For Annie Predun it was a whirlwind romance. Her new man was warm, funny and made her feel as if she was the only woman in the world. For Sean Whelan she was — until he got $100,000. Michael Clifford unravels the background to the story

SCIENTISTS have poured water on the notion of love at first sight by claiming that it takes couples up to a year to achieve “true love”.