Paula Burns sees some similarities with Nicole Scherzinger. Mostly it’s their cougar status. Is age really just a number in the dating game?

Passion usually fades a year into a relationship, says Áilín Quinlan. So what do the experts say about turning up the heat in bed?

A build up of toxic smoke in a sewer underneath the street was the cause of a manhole cover to blow open in Dublin city yesterday.

Investigations are underway after a manhole cover blew in Dublin City centre this morning.

Being a bridesmaid is quite an honour, but not everybody is up for the job.

More of us are looking for romance online but are we at risk of missing out on the real thing, asks Deirdre Reynolds.

Catholic Institute roared back into Munster title contention as two stunning goals helped them see off UCC 2-0 at Rosbrien on Saturday.

Having a buddy of the opposite sex can become complicated if one is looking for romance, but the rewards more than outweigh possible difficulties.

Women are now as likely to be unfaithful as men. Is monogamy dead, asks John Hearne.

In new movie Now You See Me, a cheating husband is exposed by a mentalist. It’s an ability suspicious wives would love to have, says Hilary Fennell.

MONOGAMY can be tough, as can infidelity.

WE are told an apple doesn’t fall very far from a tree.

ARE you single, over 30 and looking for a loving longterm relationship? According to the latest research, the secret is not to sleep with your partner on the first date. Instead, if you wait, the chances of fulfilling your dreams and finding ‘the one’ will increase.

OSCAR-winning actress and sex-symbol, Helen Mirren, 67, raised a few eyebrows this month when she suggested that sex does not make a marriage last.

As Kristen and Rob reunite in time for the latest Twilight premiere, Lisa Jewell wonders if couples can ever survive after infidelity

A book by the former partner of late broadcaster Gerry Ryan is back on the shelves today after a High Court action temporarily preventing its distribution was settled.

The partner of the late Gerry Ryan has settled a High Court case aimed at stopping her memoir 'When we Dance' from going on sale.

Deirdre Reynolds asks if the porn industry is driving the growing demand for perfect vaginas.

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.

Beautiful wives and perfect lives: why do men who seem to have it all cheat on their own stunning women, asks Barbara Scully

FIRST PYJAMAS, then underwear and now rollers — is there anything Irish girls won’t wear in public?

A company which provides Catholic pre-marriage courses is updating its class material, including discussing the effects of pornography with couples planning to marry.

FINANCES and family planning are more important to many marrying couples than love, according to a new survey.

Irish broadcaster Gerry Ryan was under massive personal and financial pressure and had been taking cocaine before he collapsed and died at his home, an inquest heard today.

MICK LALLY’S driving passions of acting, the Irish language and the struggle for social justice were to the fore in the humanist ceremony which marked the 64-year-old actor’s final journey yesterday in west Dublin.

A psychotherapist who was involved in the care of Tracey Fay is questioning the validity of the report into her time in care and her subsequent death.

A Dublin man who aimed a sawn-off rifle at unmarked gardaí has been jailed for seven years for possessing the gun which he claimed he had to give his neighbours "a fright".

THE most famous footballer’s wife, Angie Best, has been signed up to dish out marriage tips to troubled Irish couples on a new reality TV show.

A construction worker has been convicted of having cannabis resin valued almost €700,000 for sale or supply.

The concluding stages have been reached in the trial of a man for having cannabis valued almost €700,000 in a van in boxes which he claimed he believed contained stolen footwear he was to deliver "for an easy €500".

A man accused of picking up a van containing almost €700,000 worth of cannabis claimed he thought it held runners rather than drugs Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

THE State would not benefit if it abolished the controversial tax exemption scheme for artists, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.