Dating apps are now seen as the fastest way to get a date. Are people addicted to choice and afraid to settle down, asks Deirdre Reynolds, or are they just having fun while waiting to meet someone special.

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

We’re in the midst of a “dating apocalypse,” if one is to believe a recent article by Vanity Fair journalist Nancy Jo Sales, a terrible time in which apps like Tinder have disrupted the basic nature of human courtship and turned us all into sex-crazed commitment-phobes.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has said she admits making mistakes in the past and “dabbling in certain things”.