{"id":305927,"date":"2026-02-19T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305927\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:31:14","slug":"just-between-us-why-are-so-many-of-us-still-single-a-matchmakers-perspective-with-feargal-harrington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305927\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Between Us: Why are so many of us still single? A matchmaker\u2019s perspective with Feargal Harrington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/471765af-c2fb-4842-8eea-b7886bfdcf90.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Dating in Ireland feels harder than ever. The apps are exhausting, ghosting is practically a hobby, and somewhere in the background there\u2019s that low-level panic about age, timelines and \u201cam I running out of time?\u201d It\u2019s no wonder so many people are tempted to just throw in the towel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">This week on Just Between Us, Jennifer sits down with professional matchmaker Feargal to unpack what\u2019s going on and more importantly, what genuinely helps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">They talk high standards versus unrealistic ones, the fear of compromise, and why waiting for the perfect meet-cute might be keeping you single. It\u2019s an honest, grounded conversation about easing the pressure, getting real about what matters, and taking small steps towards actually meeting someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dating in Ireland feels harder than ever. The apps are exhausting, ghosting is practically a hobby, and somewhere&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,73695,112],"class_list":["post-305927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-just-between-us-with-jennifer-zamparelli","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}