Love in the air as bachelors touch down after Philippines trip

A GROUP of Irish bachelors who went to the Philippines in search of wives returned home yesterday with the mission partly accomplished.

Love in the air as bachelors touch down after Philippines trip

Seven of the 12 men met prospective partners and are planning to keep in contact to see if their mutual interest survives the months and miles until they next meet. “I’m over the moon,” said group leader, Co Clare farmer Chris Sexton. “Love is in the air.”

Chris, 64, set up the East-West Matchmaking Agency to help unattached older men like himself find partners and 11 signed up for the inaugural two-week trip to the Philippine city of Butuan.

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