Calling all Limerick singles for a new singles night event with speed dating
A SPEED dating event will take place in Limerick - just in time for Valentine's Day.
A singles night and speed dating event will take place on February 2, in Cask, Kilmurry Lodge.
Organised by Your Friend, My Friend, the event will see over 200 singles take part in a mini speed dating, while a comedy show by Tom O'Mahony will break the ice.
Co-founder of Your Friend, My Friend, Eoin Keating said: “The appetite for speed dating, for people to meet face to face is just huge at the moment and we just kind of hit it at the right time. I think we did 12 or 13 events last year.”
Eoin co-founded the company with his wife, Samantha, who is the one who originally wanted to organise speed dating events.
Did the pair meet through speed dating?
“That would be a better story,” laughs Eoin.
“But we just met on a night out in Vancouver, pretty straightforward, the old fashioned way.”
Speaking of speed dating, he says: “I think the dating app has been around for 10 years now and there's a generation of people who have been using them for on and off for 10 years, and they're just exhausted. Obviously they work for some people, I know there are a lot of success stories, but I think the stats are overkill to the extent of people actually now meet online.
“People definitely want to meet face to face. They want that real human connection. Obviously the Covid time has faded as well because everyone is so isolated. So yeah, there's a huge appetite and craving for events where people meet each other, definitely.”
Tickets are available now from Eventbrite.