Big match to spark bachelor shortage

The Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival is facing an unusual problem — a shortage of eligible bachelors.

Organisers of the six-week love fest admitted they’ve received complaints from single women, including many who have flown in from the US looking for romance, that there are too few Irish men at this year’s event.

And they fear the number of single males in the Co Clare spa town will drop to its lowest level for years this weekend, when thousands of locals head to Croke Park to cheer on the county’s hurling stars in the All-Ireland final.