Irish men are queueing up to meet South African singleton Marleze Kruger, who has sold all her businesses and properties in her home country and travelled 13,000km to the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival in search of an Irish husband.

A South African widow who has sold her house and business to find love in Lisdoonvarna is attracting unprecedented interest from would-be suitors ahead of the start of the matchmaking festival.