Reds lose out in chat-up stakes

Famous redheads such as Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore are among the world’s most beautiful women but a new documentary bears out fresh academic research that redheads are less likely to be chatted up in bars — even in Ireland.

While we may have the second biggest percentage of redheads in the world, it appears Irish men back up university research suggesting that blondes are the most attractive to men in a bar setting, followed by brunettes and finally by redheads.

The research put men’s stronger attraction to blondes down to the stereotypes surrounding each hair colour in 21st century society.