Aida Austin: We’re looking for someone who’s clean, relaxed and funny

I am in Sligo, where life has transposed itself, like it always does, into a scene from ‘The Edwardian Farm’.

All morning we’ve been making jam, with big red faces in front of the stove. But we’ve also, while about it, come over all strong-willed Dolly Levi and been match-making. Because the fact is, we’d like to see our sister settled. “With a nice, wholesome lesbian”, as my mother puts it, especially now that she’s taken against online dating.

“So, we’re looking for someone who’s clean, maybe even borderline OCD, around the house but also relaxed and funny,” my sister says, chopping her ginger.