How to cosy up your home if you're staying in for Valentine's

With St Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, staying in might be more appealing and more practical than going out for some couples

La Bougie’s Mission Fig candle’s earthy undertones and honeyed sweetness is one to appeal to both women and men (€28 at labougie.com).

Apparently, Electric restaurant in Cork is banning tables for two on St Valentine’s Day, so no one is left out if they’re not in the throes of love.

Instead, it’s tables for four for a catch-up with another couple, or gathering buddies together for camaraderie, a glass of fizz and a bite, and a big hurrah for all the singletons currently besieged by newsfeeds with romantic notions.