Who was this dancing man with ashes on his forehead in the National Concert Hall?
Something beautifully incongruous during a concert in the National Concert Hall causes my mind to rush with questions
St Valentine’s Day
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha goes, ‘I don’t need a 26-year-old copy of Cosmopolitan to tell me that I married the wrong man’
Finding out she’s a Taurus rather than an Aries has led to her questioning hundreds of life decisions she made based her horoscope
Wednesday’s Top Stories: Israel ‘blinded by rage’, Varadkar says; Woman loses €450,000 in romance scam, Garda warns
Here are the most important stories you need to start your day, including RTÉ board ‘should have asked more questions’ on Toy Show the Musical, chairwoman to tell Oireachtas
Remember speed dating? It’s back and you have four minutes to find love
Your Friend, My Friend, run by Samantha and Eoin Keating, has already brought together several couples looking for love
Valentine’s Day Music Quiz: Who’s that duetting with Erykah Badu on Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)?
Plus: What kind of character is Natalie Merchant singing about?
The Irish Times view on St Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday: an unusual coincidence
The official start of Lenten abstinence collides with a day devoted to cards, confectionery, extravagant bouquets and intimate dinners
Garda issues Valentine’s Day warning as woman loses €450,000 in romance scam
More than 240 victims have lost an average €28,500 to people they believed were their romantic partners after meeting online
Four fizzy Valentine’s Day wines to fall in love with
John Wilson: The two most flexible, food-friendly wines of all are rosé and sparkling wines
St Valentine’s Day: Counting the cost of love
Pricewatch: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Well, maybe let me count the total outlay, first of all
A delicious, home-made dinner with minimum fuss: Marry me chicken for Valentine’s Day
Lilly Higgins: I always find chicken breast less flavourful than the brown meat though, so we are adding all sorts of lovely things to really provide oomph
How to make perfect roasted hazelnut choux buns with help from Michel Roux, Mary Berry, Felicity Cloake and more
Beth O’Brien’s recipe combines choux pastry with a creamy filling and a chocolate hazelnut topping
Love on the Luas: Tracking romances on Dublin’s tram system
Couples and groups of friends share whether they think love and romance can be found on their Luas journeys
Mark Moriarty: Time to whip up a sweet surprise for Valentine’s Day
Feeding people delicious food is a true act of love, so spoil someone special with these desserts
Ambitious writer would like to find compelling characters for romance novel. Hot sex preferred
Romance novels are regularly derided as schlocky, low-grade bodice-rippers, but how easy is it to pen Mills & Boon-style fiction? Niamh Donnelly gives it her best shot
Crème brûlée
Simple, almost rough in appearance, but over delivering with flavour, luxury, texture and comfort
What are the best wines to serve with a Valentine’s Day meal at home?
Avoid the sea of tables for two, and plan a special meal at home, with Champagne to start, and wine pairings
Is romantic Ireland dead and gone? These five love nests suggest not
Ireland has been home to many a love story, and these intoxicating properties could provide the perfect setting for your own
Readers share their disastrous Valentine’s dates: ‘Pack a swimsuit and a towel’ he said
‘More than 20 years later I still get a kick out of remembering the look on his face when we got there’
On St Valentine’s Day, 11 eternal tales of love (and obsession, lunacy and damnation)
We’ve chosen some of the finest examples of what can happen when Cupid reaches for his quiver
‘Ghosting,’ ‘breadcrumbing,’ ‘bizz’: What do modern dating terms mean?
Describing yourself as single and looking for a relationship is too simple a label in 2023
Check out Raidd’s go-go boys, I said when five Irish women asked about Paris on Valentine’s Day
The dancers soap up hourly in the gay bar’s transparent shower cabin. But the city also has lots of more traditional things to do
The Dublin jeweller making ‘the biggest diamond ring in Ireland’
Deirdre McQuillan visits the workshop of jeweller and master craftsman Sam Lafford in Castle Market
Lilly Higgins: Say ‘I do’ to fondue, the perfect sharing dish for Valentine’s Day
So many things taste delicious dipped into a vat of molten cheese
‘No one else would have us’: Couples young and old on the secrets to lasting love
Newman University Church on St Stephen’s Green has hosted many wedding ceremonies over the years
The romance reboot: How to refresh your relationship and sex life
Whether you’re single or in a long-term relationship, Valentine’s Day is an opportunity to recalibrate
It’s that time of year again. Tell us about your worst (or best) Valentine’s date
Cringey, embarrassing, awkward: we want to hear all the details
Spiritual travel and feasts for the body and soul
Why not walk the Camino, go on a pilgrimage or enjoy staycation relaxation?
Irish victims lost €1 million in ‘romance frauds’ last year
One woman handed over €62,000 to man she met on dating site
Family waxes lyrical about dream home in former beauty parlour
When the Burnhams first visited their Greystones home they saw a woman getting her legs done
‘Is there any greater romantic gesture than buying your girlfriend scratchcards?’
I am closing the Kilmainham chapter of my life and opening up a new, exciting one
‘All these years, I’ve taken the rap for being the unfaithful one’
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha’s digging her way through a landfill of old memories
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