Sex, honesty, going for coffee together — take some tips from the stars.

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.

WE’VE all heard the saying that opposites attract but, according to relationship experts, there are some fundamental topics which couples should agree on.

Chris O’Dowd’s tweet put his wife on the spot, writes Arlene Harris.

Financial woes and changing responsibilities are putting pressure on Irish couples, says Áilín Quinlan

MORE Irish women are single than ever before. Statistics show that the number of women aged between 25 and 44 living alone here has soared.

While the traditional flashpoint for couples tends to be the dreaded in-laws - sisters in law, fathers in law, brothers in law, and mothers in law have featured in family discord forever - another point of contention can be your partner’s friends.

The “always-on” nature of Facebook, Twitter and email is wreaking havoc on Irish relationships as couples forget how to engage in one-to -one communication, according to research.

“WE have been sold a myth about monogamy; we have not been told the truth. Monogamy does not, and almost always cannot, provide a lifetime of rich sexual excitement for human beings.”