I’ve been seeing my boyfriend for a year and we still only have sex at his place because he insists on freshly laundered, ironed sheets on a perfectly-made bed. We both have to shower first. Why can’t he cope with messy spontaneity and my untidy bedroom?

My new boyfriend says he doesn’t like being given oral sex. I can’t say it bothers me hugely, but I’ve never come across this before and I’m quite puzzled. I thought all men liked it. Am I wrong?

Dating apps are now the most popular way for people to connect. But as the new movie ‘Last Christmas’ portrays, real-life romances still exist and, according to Deirdre Reynolds, even flourish.

My partner and I have given up drinking. We feel great, and we look better too. I don’t miss the alcohol one bit. What I do miss, however, is tipsy sex. How can we reintroduce some of the wildness we once had?

My girlfriend and I have been together for six months. The sex is great, but there’s one thing that’s troubling me. She always initiates it.

My new boyfriend is lovely, but painfully polite — and his excessive consideration even extends to the bedroom. He says thank you after sex. I know he means well, but I find it terribly deflating, not to mention a huge turn-off.

When couples own a business together, what’s life really like? Three couples who’ll be working together this Valentine’s Day talk to Ciara McDonnell.

In this era of social media oversharing, should the same apply to our relationships? Is honesty always the best policy, asks Pat Fitzpatrick

The world of romance is constantly evolving and so is the terminology describing it, says Suzanne Harrington

I’ve started going out with a funny, charming, kind man who has a really unpleasant, untidy, dirty house, and his bedroom is the worst of all. He has tried to make an effort, but it’s still not great. We can’t always go back to mine.

Ciara Courtney is single and happy – so why, she wonders, are people so determined to change her?

Sex advice with Suzi Godson

My new boyfriend has a few irritating habits in the bedroom, such as quite sloppily nibbling my earlobes, and it feels a bit like bad erotica. I’ve tried moving him away, focusing elsewhere, but he keeps going back to his ‘moves’. I feel as though it would crush him if I said anything. Are we sexually incompatible?

Sex advice with Suzi Godson

Six months ago I broke up with my long-term girlfriend. Since then I haven’t felt like having sex at all. How do I get my libido back?

Sexual relationships between sports coaches and 16 and 17-year-olds in their care will be made illegal, the UK sports minister Tracey Crouch has revealed.

Apart from television programmes about redesigning your home, suggesting you can turn a modest semi-D into something that might be seen in an architectural magazine’s centre-spread, few activities freely undertaken threaten the harmony of long-standing relationships.

Love is in the air…

Áilín Quinlan reports on two new DCU courses — on sexuality and sexual health, and on relationships and sexuality for people with intellectual disability

The former Disney stars, both 23, dated briefly in 2008 and Selena insisted they were too young for a real relationship but have remained close friends.