Meet Aoibhinn Raleigh, founder of Dublin beginners run club, Sole Mates
Meet Aoibhinn Raleigh, founder of Dublin beginners run club, Sole Mates

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We’re hiring: Marketing & Memberships Executive

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House tour: A converted garage gets a light transformation

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‘I am forty, single and losing all hope’


by Rhona Mcauliffe
28th Mar 2023

What to do when you celebrate your fortieth birthday, have a decent career, and yet you've lived the last few years being single? Rhona McAuliffe has some advice for a woman who might need a sexual awakening.

Dear Rhona, I’ve just celebrated my fortieth birthday and can’t understand why I’ve never met my soul mate.  I’ve seen a few guys in the last ten years but it’s never led anywhere and now, just after my ‘big’ birthday, I’m asking myself why? I’ve never been mad about having kids but turning forty was a reminder that I’ll probably never have that decision to make.  Even though I wasn’t wishing for it, I thought I’d...

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