Why it’s not always fun to play the dating game

Drink-fuelled encounters, girls roaming in packs, guys looking for a one-night stand — welcome to Singleton Ireland, says Áilín Quinlan

GUYS complain that girls roam in packs and are hard to approach. But, women gripe, men sit in groups drinking all night, and then come looking for a drunken one-night stand. Welcome to Singledom Ireland, where it seems almost impossible to find romance.

According to lifestyle coach Mary Kenny, who specialises in counselling love-hungry singletons, even “nice, decent and attractive” people have difficulty finding a date. “Guys find a group of girls very intimidating. They say the women go around in packs and that it’s really hard for them to get up the courage to go into the middle of a big group of women.