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00:00This sounds really cheesy, but it would be nice to walk this earth with somebody.
00:07I've healed now from that relationship and I'm ready to find love.
00:13It's my turn now. It's been waiting a long time.
00:17I am looking to meet, like, the love of my life.
00:24I feel on top of my game now. Like, I feel ready now to bring someone in.
00:55Are you ready for love? Yes, I am. Yes, I am. Yes, I am. Yes, I am. Yes, I am.
01:09Are you ready? Are you ready for love? Yes, I am. Are you ready? Are you ready?
01:18Are you ready for love?
01:21Oh, yeah.
01:26It's normal to be nervous.
01:28I saw you on a Sunday in a cafe and all you did was look my way.
01:32And if somebody turns to me and says, I'm not nervous at all, I'm like, red flag. I don't like that.
01:39I get a little bit nervous around you.
01:42Nervous is always going to be there. I think that's a natural thing.
01:45What everyone needs to realise is that, you know, there's two of you.
01:48Oh, well done for coming in. Like, literally the fact that you're even here.
01:56Paddy, he gets cold feet, but he's determined to break the ice.
02:03Going up to someone completely out of the blue and just, you know, it's kind of, how do you start that conversation?
02:10Oh, there we go. Wrong door. You did your best. That's it. How are you? Nice to meet you. Paddy.
02:16Mattel. Nice to meet you, Paddy.
02:17I suppose I am looking forward to it. It's just that kind of, the nervous will kick in, I'd say.
02:23How are you feeling?
02:24Ah, not too bad. Not too bad. But as ready as I will be, you know, so.
02:28There's no going back now.
02:29Yeah, exactly. I'm here. I'm here now, so.
02:34I think it's just the, kind of, the unknown.
02:37It's a new thing, but I suppose, you know, maybe it'll be a good thing.
02:42Do you have any interests yourself? What do you like to do for fun?
02:45I'm big into sports.
02:46Okay.
02:47Yeah, so big into sports. Football, going to the gym. Just like being out and about, kind of, yeah.
02:50Okay.
02:51Would you want an outdoorsy girl?
02:54Yeah, I think so, yeah.
02:55Yeah.
02:57Yeah, it'd be nice. It'd be nice.
03:00Hello. Hi, Stings.
03:03From now on, singer-songwriter Dervla will compose all her new songs.
03:08From now on, singer-songwriter Dervla will compose all her new arrangements offline.
03:14I'm over the dating app series. I'm here and I want to meet someone natural.
03:20There's dating and there's what I've went on the last few months.
03:24It was a shit show.
03:27One day I chatted up a lad and the phone went off. I seen the woman on it and I walked straight away.
03:33I just feel lads in our generation love to play a game. The only game I play is GA.
03:40Nice to meet you, Dervla. Where are you from?
03:42County Donegal.
03:43We're presenting the Donegalers.
03:44Green and gold.
03:47If I asked your parents, what would they say to me?
03:50They'd say a man wouldn't be able to keep up with Dervla.
03:54I'd say I could wring the legs off this young fella.
03:57Alright, Dervla.
03:59Nice to meet you.
04:00Hello.
04:01Dervla, is it?
04:02Yeah, I'm Dervla.
04:03Paddy, nice to meet you.
04:04Paddy, how are you?
04:05Not too bad, no. Can't complain.
04:07Where are you from?
04:08I'm from Kildare originally. And you?
04:10I'm from County Donegal.
04:12Okay, not too bad. It's the only county I've never been.
04:15You've never been to Donegal?
04:16I've never been to Donegal.
04:17Oh my God.
04:19Hi, how are you?
04:20What would you like to drink?
04:22Gin and tonic?
04:23No, gin makes me sin.
04:25Okay.
04:26I'll just have a Pornstar Martini.
04:27Okay.
04:28So what brings you to Dublin?
04:29I work in radio.
04:30Okay.
04:31Yeah.
04:32Nice, nice. I'm living down in Limerick now myself for work, so.
04:36Now shake her up there.
04:38Tell me about the kind of guy that you'd like to meet.
04:41A man that plays FIFA with them legs running up and down them fields.
04:46That's all I want.
04:48And you play football?
04:49Yeah, yeah.
04:50Oh, lovely.
04:51Yeah, I play for a club back home in Italy.
04:56You yourself?
04:57Yeah, I play for a team in Dublin.
04:59Okay.
05:00I'm actually missing a match right now.
05:01Are you?
05:02Oh, well, look, sure.
05:03We got robbed.
05:04Donegal, they're against Galway.
05:05Yeah.
05:06I don't want to talk about it.
05:08Kildare won't be there anytime soon anyway.
05:09I don't do that much, so.
05:11Kildare have a nice jersey, though.
05:12He did.
05:13That's it, that's it.
05:14Football might not be great, but at least we look good when we're playing, you know?
05:22Hello.
05:23Hello, Louise.
05:25Loving life.
05:27And blissfully embracing the thrill of it all.
05:31We have to be open to everything.
05:34Everything can happen.
05:36Everything can happen.
05:43Yeah, I'm confident.
05:45Yeah, I'm confident.
05:48We need to be confident about ourselves.
05:51Nice to meet you, Louise.
05:52Nice to meet you.
05:53Where is home?
05:54Brazil.
05:55Brasileiro.
05:56Brasileiro.
05:57Hola.
05:58Guapo.
05:59Guapo is Spanish.
06:00Yeah, I know.
06:01But Portuguese.
06:02My deal, man, is like tall.
06:04Do the twirl.
06:05It's funny.
06:07You can be truly yourself.
06:10Putting yourself out there.
06:11Well done, you.
06:12Of course.
06:13Well done, you.
06:14I have to show my potential.
06:16Do people chat you up?
06:18Yeah.
06:19And I can blame them.
06:21Do you obviously work for someone very familiar to us?
06:26Oh, yeah.
06:28What is his name?
06:29I forgot.
06:30Hello.
06:31What are you doing here?
06:32Oh, my God.
06:34It's Neil.
06:35Hey.
06:37I love Neil.
06:38He's incredible.
06:40He's a great man.
06:41Is this why you wanted a day off?
06:42Oh, yeah.
06:44And he's very, very funny.
06:46We work together.
06:47Yeah.
06:48Yeah, you're the best.
06:49We work together.
06:50Yeah.
06:51Yeah, you're the guy who does a good expression of him.
06:53Do you?
06:55Hey, how are you?
06:56And I can't see.
06:57I can't, like, in the restaurant.
06:59Hey, Luis.
07:00Hey, how are you?
07:02Hey, how are you?
07:03Good night.
07:04How are you today?
07:05Oh, my God, you're here.
07:07And he always like that.
07:09Well, you don't have a job when you go back, okay?
07:11Hey, after working for Neil, the only way is up.
07:15Easy.
07:16I know how to make the person laugh, you know?
07:21You know?
07:22I need lyrics to get me in.
07:24That's all that is, right?
07:26But you know who I love?
07:27Who?
07:28Chris Seymour.
07:31That's one I've never been able to warrant to is Chris Seymour.
07:34I've never been able to warrant to him.
07:36His songs are so hard to play on guitar, though.
07:38Yeah?
07:39Do you play guitar?
07:40Yeah.
07:41Okay.
07:42Yeah, his thing is that.
07:43Okay.
07:44You're into music and stuff, yeah?
07:45Performer.
07:46Performer.
07:47You want to sing?
07:48Yeah.
07:49All right, give us something to sing there.
07:50Sing a song.
07:51Never mind, I'll find someone like you.
07:57I wish nothing but the best for you, too.
08:05Don't forget me, I'll remember.
08:11Okay.
08:13Would you give them a yes?
08:15Yeah, I think so, yeah.
08:17Buzzer.
08:18I'm signing Kyle here.
08:20Thank you so much.
08:24Oh, no.
08:26I forget where I was now.
08:29In secondary school, it was very quiet.
08:32It was silent almost.
08:34And then what's the worst?
08:35Someone doesn't like you.
08:36Who cares, you know?
08:38So I feel that kind of helps.
08:40I like golf.
08:41I like football.
08:42I like soccer.
08:43My ambition is to become a sports reporter.
08:47One day I'd love to interview Jim McGuinness,
08:50come off the football field in Croke Park.
08:53Lovely, thank you.
08:54As they say in French, bon appétit.
08:57Bon appétit.
08:59Did you do French in school?
09:01No, I didn't.
09:02I did Italian.
09:03Oh, interesting.
09:04Yeah.
09:05I probably know more Italian now than I would Irish.
09:07Are you well?
09:09Huh?
09:10Are you well?
09:11No idea.
09:12As you can see, you're well.
09:15That's are you well because you're looking well.
09:18Oh, I'm well.
09:19There we go.
09:20There we go.
09:21Yeah.
09:22What is love for you?
09:24That's a big question for me because I'm a writer
09:27and also because I watch too much sex in the city.
09:31BELL RINGS
09:36I believe in, like, an all-consuming love
09:38and I'm manifesting it for myself.
09:42Which is why we're here.
09:44Oh, my God.
09:50Hello. Hi.
09:52Your name, please?
09:53Doyle.
09:54How do you feel about the prospect of going on a blind date?
09:56I am actually scared.
09:58Your date is at the bar.
09:59OK, scared is a strong word.
10:01I am frightened.
10:02Are you eager to meet him the way you look around?
10:05So should I get you to the bar?
10:07Yes.
10:08Yes?
10:09Yeah.
10:10The idea of being rejected, it shakes me.
10:13That's one of the reasons I'm single.
10:15You're going to do great.
10:17You're a good-looking man.
10:19Come on, yeah, come on, man, yeah.
10:20OK.
10:21All my friends are like,
10:22what's the worst thing that could happen?
10:24Go on this.
10:25You know, show the world you want to love.
10:28Hello.
10:29How's it going to be today?
10:30Nice to meet you.
10:31Nice to meet you, Luis.
10:32How are you?
10:33Neil.
10:34Nice to meet you.
10:35How are you doing?
10:36What would you like?
10:37I would like your driest white wine.
10:39Driest white wine, absolutely driest.
10:43Yeah, and more sweet.
10:48Where are you from?
10:50I'm Nigerian.
10:52How nice.
10:53You?
10:54I'm Brazilian.
10:55Where in Brazil?
10:56The middle of the country,
10:58like close to Brazil, the capital.
11:00I don't know where that is.
11:02Yeah.
11:03But it sounds amazing.
11:05One of my favorite friends is Brazilian,
11:08and he's always like,
11:10Doy, Doy, Doy, you need to go to Brazil,
11:12you need to go to Brazil.
11:14I'm like, shut the fuck up, I will.
11:19I want to go,
11:20but I'm just waiting for the right time
11:22and the right people to go with.
11:25I'm going down in March.
11:32I have loved lots of people.
11:35I don't know in love.
11:37People talk about it, I don't know.
11:40Oh, yeah, and I just knew, blah, blah, blah.
11:42I'm like, it doesn't really seem realistic
11:44that you just knew.
11:48There are two sides to Sinead,
11:50and neither of them will be ordering
11:53from the set menu.
11:55I have like an a la carte kind of idea of,
11:58OK, I like that and I like that in your relationship,
12:00but I don't like that.
12:01But in this other relationship,
12:03I can see that this works, but, you know, something else.
12:05You look lovely.
12:06Thank you very much.
12:07A bit of pinkish and bluish, yeah?
12:09Yeah.
12:10It's a gender reveal party.
12:13Pink hair and opinions,
12:14it's not what people want necessarily, you know.
12:16You look fantastic.
12:17I was trying to get more pink,
12:18but I think this is enough.
12:19You toned it down with the blue.
12:20I toned it down with the blue.
12:21What do you do?
12:22Well, I'm a primary school teacher.
12:24OK.
12:25But I'm also a comedian.
12:27Ah, nice.
12:28So I'm performing at Fringe at the minute,
12:30so I'm going back to Edinburgh tomorrow.
12:31Oh, wow.
12:32Nice.
12:33That's cool.
12:34So it better be worth it.
12:36No pressure.
12:38Well, you're a primary school teacher,
12:39you're probably kind and nice and whatever,
12:41and I am,
12:42but I'm also this other person
12:44that like says rude things on stage,
12:45which would probably horrify the kind of person
12:47that wants this other person.
12:49And what's your usual type?
12:51Child.
12:52I was going to say,
12:53I was just thinking of a child there.
12:56When they ask men and women,
12:57like what do they want in a relationship,
12:59people say sense of humour,
13:00but when they investigate it further,
13:02they realise that women wanted a man to make them laugh,
13:05and the man wanted a woman to laugh at their jokes.
13:08Somebody who does things.
13:09Yeah, yeah.
13:10You meet a lot of people and they don't do anything.
13:12It's actually crazy the amount of people that do.
13:14Do you have any copies?
13:15No.
13:16Oh, OK, cool.
13:17I went on a date with somebody,
13:18he told me about loads of different people he met.
13:19He thought it was impressive.
13:20I was like, that's not impressive.
13:25I'm so slow, sorry.
13:26No, you're grand, you're grand.
13:27I hoovered that, in fairness, now.
13:29Don't talk to me about a hoover.
13:31Uh-huh.
13:32This dress here that I'm wearing right now
13:34was sucked up a hoover this morning.
13:36Sucked up by a hoover?
13:38How does that even happen?
13:41Looks or personality?
13:43Both are important,
13:44because you want to be physically attracted to the person,
13:47but a bad personality on someone
13:49that's incredibly attractive, it doesn't work.
13:52So the dress is, like, hanging on, like, outside the wardrobe,
13:56and I'm hoovering around my bed,
13:59and Henry is in a world of its own,
14:02and obviously the big, long nozzle is not on it,
14:05and it just goes over, hits the dress,
14:09and then I hear this sound of suction,
14:11and I'm like, oh, my God, my dress has been sucked by Henry Du.
14:14I pulled it out, we got her ironed,
14:16we got her, like, half-washed at the bottom,
14:18so Henry was like, you're not wearing that today,
14:20I was like, I'm wearing that today.
14:22There you go.
14:24Lately, John has returned to single life
14:27in his own inimitable style.
14:30I like people that kind of embrace colour and fashion and style
14:34and just kind of really go for it.
14:37It's only in the last, like, year or so
14:39that I've kind of started being a bit more confident in dressing up,
14:42but I also don't think it's just a look thing,
14:44I think I've just kind of, my spirit is a bit lighter.
14:48Like, I meet awesome new women all the time,
14:50but I think their first impression is that I'm gay,
14:52which I don't mind people thinking I'm gay,
14:54but it doesn't do me any favours.
14:56I didn't see somebody like this stylish for a while.
14:58I just got this yesterday, actually.
15:00Your shoes match your thing and everything else.
15:02He's a rave guy.
15:04You see, I grew up also in the house.
15:06Oh, cool, all right.
15:08Like, I just think it shouldn't be male or female, gay or straight,
15:11but I think people should just be able to dress up
15:13whatever way they like without putting a label on it.
15:15I actually DJ and make music, yeah.
15:17Oh, do you produce also?
15:19Yeah, yeah, I had a record out a few weeks ago.
15:21People are still, like, really into their music
15:23and going to gigs and going to festivals and going to clubs,
15:26yeah, they're my kind of people, yeah.
15:28There's John.
15:30Hello, how are you?
15:32Nice to meet you.
15:34How are you? Good, good.
15:36I love the hairs. I know!
15:38Yeah, it's gorgeous, especially with the blue.
15:40Oh, thanks very much for matching with the blue trousers.
15:43You're not Dublin, yeah?
15:45No, I'm from Lowndes, just moved back.
15:47Can't afford it any more. Back to Lowndes?
15:49Yeah, back to Lowndes.
15:51I don't need to be at everybody's cup of tea, that's absolutely fine.
15:54I'm definitely not going to be.
15:56I like an Earl Grey after dinner, but other than that, I don't care.
15:59I'll buy the cheap stuff in Lidl or whatever.
16:01Yeah, same. I like a lot of stuff.
16:03I'm happy with the cheaper version of a lot of stuff, yeah.
16:06Well, you've got me now, so, hey!
16:08LAUGHTER
16:10Sorted.
16:13So, I'm going to wear my glasses. Is that OK?
16:16Oh, no problem.
16:18You have to see me properly.
16:21To be fair, I'm not Dublin,
16:23but I think they make me look sexier.
16:25OK. So I just wear them.
16:27Yeah, it's a point. Yeah, yeah.
16:31Sexier, yeah. I can see.
16:33Like, the first look, it's important.
16:37When the guy look at you and,
16:40and I said,
16:45How long have you been here?
16:47I've been here since 2018.
16:492018. That's a long time.
16:51I came here to study.
16:53When did you move here?
16:55I moved here in February 2023.
16:58How do you like it?
17:00I like here so much.
17:02Like, I have a crack here, it's fun.
17:04You have friends here.
17:06Yeah, I have friends.
17:08Because you have good friends, you're a grunt.
17:10Yeah.
17:12When I came here, I didn't know anyone.
17:14And now I am in this moment
17:16that I can say that I have lots of people around me.
17:19And in, like, three years,
17:21you're going to be saying, you're a grunt.
17:23LAUGHTER
17:25When I moved here, I hated that word.
17:27But now, every two seconds,
17:29oh, you're a grunt. You're a grunt.
17:31A lot. Jesus.
17:33Oh, Jesus.
17:35Oh, there's another one.
17:37Deadly. Oh, yeah.
17:39I was looking at myself in the mirror today,
17:41and I was like, oh, this is deadly.
17:43And I was like...
17:47Yay!
17:49Excited to order.
17:51How are you both doing?
17:53Amazing. Great. Oh, yay!
17:55Oh, my God. Yeah.
17:57You're so pretty. Sorry.
17:59I was thinking the exact same thing.
18:01Oh, yeah!
18:03Anyway, have you had a chance to look at the menus?
18:05I have. Amazing.
18:07So, for my starters, I'm going to have a quinoa salad...
18:09Yeah. ..and my mains.
18:13No fish, in case we make out.
18:15Wow!
18:17Oh, that was good. That was good.
18:25BS.
18:27MUSIC
18:33Hello.
18:35Hello.
18:37He's from Kildare. Kildare?
18:39He loves a bit of ga.
18:41Oh, meant to be.
18:43And he is so down-to-earth.
18:45And it's just flowing.
18:47But, like, I don't know if he likes me.
18:49He's very hard to read.
18:51Wow.
18:53I have the chocolate hearts.
18:55Perfect.
18:57How is it going so far? I'll take your seat for a moment.
18:59Going good, I think. The nerves beforehand now
19:01starting to make me kind of go, why was I nervous, like, you know?
19:03Oh, yay! That's brilliant. That's always good, like.
19:05She's lovely-looking, though. She's gorgeous.
19:07Yeah, she's... She's absolutely gorgeous, yeah.
19:09OK, well, fingers crossed. Yeah, fingers crossed.
19:11Fingers crossed. We'll see.
19:13But you know what? He's never been to Donegal.
19:17Are you, like, teaching now?
19:19I'm actually just moving school, so I was teaching up in Dublin,
19:21so I teach in an educator-gathered school.
19:23Oh, cool. That's where my kids went.
19:25Oh, really? Yeah, yeah.
19:27I got separated last March. I've been single since then.
19:29I had one date and one kind of
19:31romantic fling in France.
19:33If I want to buy a house, I can't live in Dublin anymore,
19:35so I moved back to Lourdes. Yeah.
19:37And I bought, like, a shabby
19:39mobile home and I bought it out the back.
19:41So I've been living in my mobile home
19:43with no running water, compost toilet
19:45for the last two years because
19:47my goal is to buy a house.
19:49I'm going to celebrate in February. Oh, cool.
19:51So hopefully in the next few weeks.
19:53My living situations over the last few years
19:55have definitely hampered any kind of romantic situation,
19:57I would say. It's also hard to attract a man
19:59back to a house when you have a toilet that needs
20:01to be emptied. They don't love it. I'm just saying
20:03they don't love it. Now I am
20:05buying a house so I can have all the men in my house.
20:07But...
20:09maybe just one at a time.
20:15What do you do, by the way?
20:17I'm a waiter.
20:19What about you?
20:21I'm a writer now. Are you a writer?
20:23Yeah, I am, actually, yeah. Why do you write?
20:25I believe in writing hot people
20:27going through horrible things
20:29but still being
20:31sexy. Okay.
20:33But obviously that's, like, very surface.
20:35I've always had a passion for writing
20:37and I wanted to write
20:39about what it is to be an immigrant
20:41when you're coming of age.
20:43But I wrote a
20:45one-man play earlier
20:47this year. My favorite movie is
20:49La La Land and in La La Land
20:51Mia writes a one-woman show
20:53so I wrote a little one-man show
20:55sent it to the festival
20:57it got picked up
20:59and that's what I want to do for the rest
21:01of my life. So we're still in the
21:03early stages but one day I may
21:05be a big deal.
21:07I'm an actor. I'm an actress. You're an actor?
21:09Yeah.
21:11In Brazil, I was doing some plays
21:13with some short films
21:15and then the pandemic happened and everything.
21:17The next time that you
21:19are looking for actors
21:21I gotta holla at you.
21:23So I decided to go to Ireland to study
21:25English and
21:27who knows, do college.
21:29If you could write a
21:31role for yourself, what role
21:33would it be? Probably you
21:35would be a musical.
21:37What's your favorite musical? Oh,
21:39La La Land. I love La La Land. Stop.
21:41Stop.
21:43La La Land is my favorite movie ever.
21:45Calm down.
21:47Okay. Thank you.
21:49Everything's gonna be okay.
21:51Everything's gonna be okay.
21:53I needed that. When they have a good
21:55laugh and they are
21:57like talking about funny things
21:59I go with the flow and we
22:01like make it connect
22:03and...
22:05What do you like in a guy? I feel like we're not talking
22:07about that. Yeah, yeah.
22:09I like guys like
22:11good sense of humor. Do I have a good sense of humor?
22:13Of course. Yeah.
22:15We are doing well. Okay.
22:17Oh, I can flirt a lot.
22:19Sometimes I can't control
22:21but it is what it is.
22:23What else?
22:25He has some perspective of
22:27future.
22:29I like guys that they really know.
22:31They're really one.
22:33I don't have to pay my therapist
22:35for your problems.
22:37laughs
22:39music
22:43I just think dating our
22:45generation is just...
22:47It's confusing.
22:49I just can't get the internet
22:51like it. I want to go back to the
22:53past generation where there's
22:55no such thing as social media.
22:57My parents met when they were 16. Oh, really?
22:59Yeah. Together now
23:0137
23:03years.
23:05There you go. My mother and father
23:07like Romeo and Juliet.
23:09They're acting like they're 16 again.
23:11Every day of the week and
23:13it's tough because their generation is so
23:15different than ours.
23:17Yeah, and they met
23:19I think in a better way. Yeah, same.
23:21My parents,
23:23see how they are and it's what I'd like
23:25in a relationship.
23:27I look at my brothers, I look at my friends, they're all in healthy
23:29relationships like, what's wrong with me?
23:31Yeah, that's it. I see my life
23:33is 100 miles per hour as I say.
23:35I'm a very busy girl but I would
23:37always make time for
23:39my partner.
23:41One of the boys now is getting married
23:43so I was saying
23:45he's getting married and I'm like, oh
23:47geez, maybe time to start.
23:49What is love?
23:51I suppose it's kind of feeling
23:53like someone's your best friend and you kind of
23:55want to be around that person.
23:57Just someone you can 100% be yourself
23:59around.
24:01So I'm here. Yeah, there we go.
24:03Cheers.
24:05Cheers to that.
24:11Like a lot of my friends would be.
24:13Festival-y? Yeah, well I'm festival-y as well.
24:15I'm a comedian. Oh really?
24:17Oh wow, as well as a teacher.
24:19You do stand-up play? Yeah. Oh cool.
24:21So I'm actually over in Edinburgh.
24:23There's a French restaurant on at the moment.
24:25I was over there a few years ago.
24:27I was a very, very shy person when I was a child.
24:29I hated speaking in front of the class, I hated doing anything like that.
24:31You can do that, you can do anything I think.
24:33I used to say, I hate the phrase
24:35feel the fear and do it anyway, but that's how I am.
24:37I'm just like, oh fuck him, just
24:39jump out of that plane or just do the thing.
24:41I was a bit like that about this though, you know?
24:43Yeah, yeah. I was like anxious about this and was like
24:45fuck it, if I can do this, I can do anything.
24:47But I always said, I will do anything
24:49except comedy.
24:51How long have you been doing that?
24:53I lived in Myanmar,
24:55in Asia. There was a
24:57comedy night on once a month there.
24:59And it said on the Facebook, whatever
25:01oh, if you have material, bring it with you.
25:03I didn't have any material, so I said
25:05I'll just write some. So I wrote some the day of.
25:07I wrote two separate stories.
25:09And then they were like
25:11oh, okay.
25:13They didn't say anything. And then I went to the toilet and I came back
25:15and they were like, so we've decided.
25:17And I was like, what have we
25:19decided? You're going to do the
25:21first story on Tuesday.
25:23And like my stomach went
25:25And what was happening on Tuesday?
25:27The monthly show was happening on Tuesday.
25:29And this was like Sunday night.
25:31Usually 150 people.
25:33All the expats go.
25:35And so everyone
25:37I know basically.
25:39I came down off the stage, ran into
25:41the toilet and vomited profusely.
25:43It was so like, yeah.
25:45But then I was like, give me that microphone.
25:47You can't get it out of my hand.
25:49So what's your kind of material?
25:51My solo show is
25:53all about being single.
25:55I can't get a man.
25:57I basically wrote a one hour
25:59show of all the reasons why people
26:01don't want to date me. I feel like the light's going to be in your
26:03future show.
26:05Oh, absolutely.
26:07That's why I'm here.
26:13You know what I see about Latino guys?
26:15Oh no, I only say good things.
26:17They say you guys are
26:19very fiery.
26:21Word on the street.
26:23If you want to date a Latino guy,
26:25you gotta know what
26:27you want.
26:29But that's about it.
26:31For me,
26:33let's see, just someone who's cute.
26:35You know, someone who's kind.
26:37With a good soul.
26:39And just kind of chilled.
26:41She also needs to be horny.
26:43That was funny.
26:47Someone who's sexy.
26:49Sex is very underrated.
26:51I love your nails.
26:53And the contrast with your skin.
26:55In the middle of the chest.
26:57And it's open.
26:59Ooh.
27:01Question.
27:03Marriage.
27:05What? Marriage.
27:07Wedding bells.
27:09Latino.
27:11I want a Latino wedding.
27:13I don't know what that means.
27:15What do you mean?
27:17I don't know what it means, but I want it.
27:19A little bit in Rio.
27:21Like the sun is down.
27:23Orange sky.
27:25Exactly.
27:27I love playing.
27:29Everybody half naked.
27:31So it'll be like an orgy.
27:35Why would your mom say you're single?
27:37I don't know.
27:39Because with my mom,
27:41I don't use to talk about
27:43this kind of things.
27:45Because as well, my family used to be part of the church.
27:47So...
27:49Gay.
27:51No.
27:53Straight.
27:55I would like
27:57a Christian wedding.
27:59With a pastor.
28:01When I was a child,
28:03it was hard.
28:05Because I had to deal with
28:07all of the feelings
28:09by myself.
28:11It's not about just sexuality.
28:13But you start to watch
28:15the world around you.
28:17Remove the pastor.
28:19We'll do a woman.
28:21Preferably a black woman.
28:23If she blesses us, we'll be grand.
28:25If it's wrong
28:27to be gay,
28:29why God made me gay?
28:31In my kingdom, people have rights.
28:33So whatever you want.
28:35Okay, democracy.
28:37It is what it is.
28:39Just accept the death or go away.
28:41Oh!
28:43Oh, dear.
28:47I just, like,
28:49look at them and I try to send
28:51brainwaves and hope
28:53they get it.
28:55Nice necklace.
28:57Thanks.
28:59They don't really get it.
29:01Sweating?
29:03I'm sweating.
29:05My nerves are shaking.
29:07I love this.
29:09If you don't have a sign
29:11that says,
29:13I'm flirting,
29:15I just think you're, like,
29:17lost or I think you're
29:19looking for the time.
29:21Yeah.
29:23I'm looking for the one.
29:25I'm off dating apps.
29:27I have been for about
29:29two and a half months,
29:31three months, which is a big deal
29:33in this day and age.
29:35It's just somebody
29:37who's very chatty.
29:39You have to be attracted to the person,
29:41but then down the long run, it's got to be personality.
29:43You've got to get along with them.
29:45It's just got to be a healthy balance.
29:47I'd love to say looks don't matter.
29:49Obviously, looks do come
29:51into it, but it's just something
29:53about someone's presence.
29:55Blind dates.
29:57Not for everyone,
29:59but perfect for Ashley.
30:03I feel like if you try
30:05to prepare things and it doesn't go to
30:07plan, I just completely freak out
30:09and panic.
30:19I do love a curly mullet,
30:21but I probably couldn't even tell you
30:23why. They're just
30:25beautiful.
30:31I feel like whether we like to admit it or not,
30:33we always do judge people before we actually
30:35meet them or get to talk to them, so I don't get
30:37to do that this time. I'm just thrown straight in the
30:39deep end.
30:41Hi, nice to meet you.
30:43What's your name? Ashley.
30:45Nice to meet you. What's your name?
30:47Cute.
30:49Nervous? Excited? A small bit
30:51nervous, yeah. Have you been waiting long?
30:53No, only about five, ten minutes.
30:55What are you in the mood for?
30:59It's all well and good laughing
31:01at other people, but if you can't have a laugh at yourself
31:03or make a joke of yourself,
31:05what's the point in that?
31:07Oh, for fuck's sake.
31:13Oh my god, classic, he's off to spin that on over himself.
31:15You didn't say anything, you didn't say anything.
31:17Oh, no, I missed that. I'm so focused on this
31:19mojito right now. I don't want to ruin it.
31:21Where are you from?
31:23Clare, South. Well, I'm
31:25working in Cork, from Limerick,
31:27doing law in college.
31:29Oh, okay. Still in college?
31:31Yeah, well, I'm in third year at the minute.
31:33My final year was great, right?
31:35I spent most of my nights out in Limerick. Really?
31:37Yeah. You know Limerick well, so?
31:39Well enough, I've gone to Limerick the whole time.
31:41The house parties are unbelievable as well.
31:43The house parties in Limerick are so good.
31:47Just recently I've started selling stuff.
31:49I was at a flea market
31:51recently, I sold a few pieces.
31:53What kind of art?
31:55Watercolour, ink and collage.
31:57Okay. Yeah, I like it.
31:59I tend to be attracted to people
32:01who are creative because
32:03my mind is kind of like that kind of creative.
32:05La la la la la la.
32:07People when they're young, if you just do whatever,
32:09you do a bit of art, you play football,
32:11it doesn't matter if you're good at it or not.
32:13But when you get to adulthood,
32:15you're not allowed to do anything
32:17unless it's profitable.
32:19You're like, actually,
32:21I just fucking,
32:23I just like painting pictures.
32:25I just like making music.
32:27So this is the lovely area.
32:29Okay, perfect. Thank you.
32:31Oh, guitar.
32:33Serenade like, you know.
32:35And there's blankets as well if you want.
32:37I think it's warm enough.
32:39Yeah, I know.
32:41Shall I say I'm hot enough?
32:43Yes, you are.
32:45I can't sing or play the guitar.
32:47I'll teach you.
32:49There we go.
32:51It's called you, by the way.
32:53There we go.
32:55Here beside the pier
32:57Listening to the waves
32:59Crash like a broken glass
33:01One day my father brought me to this
33:03little shop in Ballyshannon
33:05beside Bundorn
33:07and my guitar teacher was sitting there
33:09with my brand new guitar.
33:11And we're walking together
33:13As one
33:15In the sun
33:17I wasn't expecting that.
33:19That wasn't something
33:21on my bingo card, but sure.
33:23I thought she was stunning.
33:25Yeah, she was stunning looking.
33:27And then straight off the bat,
33:29she seemed funny.
33:31There we go.
33:33A little spark there.
33:35I felt it personally anyway, yeah.
33:37What did you think, Simon Carl?
33:39That was good.
33:41It would have been golden buzzer.
33:45Hello.
33:47Hello again.
33:49We can go half-side.
33:51Yeah, I'm glad.
33:53Would you like to see each other
33:55again romantically?
33:57Ladies first.
33:59Of course. He's a lovely lad.
34:01I would as well.
34:03I owe you a lot of drink then.
34:05There we go.
34:07She's stunning.
34:09I wasn't expecting to be serenaded.
34:11What's your look?
34:15He was a lovely lad.
34:17It was very easy to have a conversation with him.
34:19That's what I'm all about.
34:21Bit shocked.
34:23He said he's never been to Donegal.
34:25But look, I'm the best person
34:27in the show.
34:29I'll take that as well.
34:31Would you think about what you might do for a second date?
34:33Might need another drink.
34:35Yeah, exactly.
34:37I appreciate that. You do too.
34:45Yes.
34:49Do you date?
34:51Not really.
34:53No?
34:55I mean, the last date I was on
34:57probably two or three months ago.
34:59Okay.
35:01And after one date,
35:03he showed up outside my work,
35:05took a picture of my office,
35:07put loads of hearts around it,
35:09and put it on his private Snapchat story
35:11that he had made with just me in it.
35:13Nice.
35:15He seemed lovely online,
35:17especially on the first date, very chill.
35:19He obviously was like, okay, maybe she likes me a bit.
35:21And bombarded me.
35:23He started talking about marriage.
35:25So I was like,
35:27maybe no for this one.
35:29Nice blow.
35:31That was the most recent date.
35:33Where are you from in Nigeria?
35:35Like, now you have to describe.
35:37I'm a Lagos boy.
35:39I'm a Lagos boy.
35:41So, this is Lagos.
35:43In half.
35:45I used to live in the mainland.
35:47All the old, boring people live here.
35:49Then here, you have, like, all the young, hot people.
35:51You used to live there?
35:53I used to live in the mainland.
35:55You were in the wrong place.
35:57I know. I know.
35:59And then one day,
36:01sitting down in my living room
36:03just with my dad watching TV.
36:05He's changed channels.
36:07And then we see CNN.
36:09And it was the day the referendum happened.
36:11Before that, I'd never heard of Ireland.
36:13We had Colin Farrell. We loved him.
36:15For the first time in the world,
36:17the Irish voted for the gay referendum.
36:19And I was like,
36:21that is so nice.
36:23It kind of stuck in my head.
36:25And then when it was time
36:27to do my Master's,
36:29the memory came back.
36:31I was like, stop the press!
36:33And everyone was like,
36:35do you want to go to Ireland?
36:37No one is there. It's trash.
36:39Who was there?
36:41Ugly.
36:43They hate us!
36:45Anyway, I was like, fuck y'all.
36:47So I came here.
36:49And it felt like home.
36:51I love Ireland.
37:03You know sometimes,
37:05you go to one of these gigs
37:07and you're queuing up for hours just to get a beer.
37:09So I had this plan.
37:11I went down and buried
37:13a six pack of beers.
37:15I scoped out where the festival
37:17was going to be.
37:19The stage was going to be here.
37:21So where that tree meets that tree
37:23intersects.
37:25It was like a pirate map.
37:27I buried a beer there.
37:29Put a sod of grass back over.
37:31Went down and the gig was in a completely different place.
37:33There was this whole period
37:35after I had kids
37:37where I was making music for a while.
37:39Got kind of even lost interest in music.
37:41About ten years ago, a gang
37:43started putting on this little festival.
37:45Very small, 130 people.
37:47We all knew each other.
37:49Started DJing again.
37:51Started really getting into the music again.
37:53I don't want a person who does a job
37:55and doesn't like it.
37:57I find that so...
37:59If you're willing to spend all that time
38:01doing things you don't like,
38:03I'm like, I want someone who's passionate
38:05but if you don't know who you are as a person
38:07then I'm 41, I don't have time
38:09to let you figure it out.
38:11First series was kind of like
38:13TY going into fifth year.
38:15That was like a summer fling.
38:17After that I had a relationship in sixth year.
38:19We were together for like a year.
38:21Covid happened.
38:23She had time for everyone I think.
38:25I've never been closed off.
38:27I'm scared they might hurt me again.
38:29You get hurt, you get hurt.
38:31You move on. They weren't the right one.
38:33And then one when I was 17
38:35to about five or six months ago.
38:37Oh!
38:39You're like fresh enough off the...
38:41Why did they end?
38:43Well, he was moving to Spain
38:45and I was moving to Cork.
38:47When I'm coming back from Cork he'll be moving to Japan.
38:51We hadn't been seeing each other as often
38:53as we would have liked
38:55and with me moving away and him moving away
38:57we knew that was just going to keep going
38:59for a long time.
39:01Yeah.
39:03I'm not in contact with him anymore
39:05but he was lovely.
39:07So you think it could have worked out?
39:09We got along really well
39:11but I don't know if it was ever going to work out
39:13for the long term.
39:15But you're in a relationship for one reason.
39:17And that's for it to work out.
39:19I'm crying but it's good tears
39:21because it was such a good time
39:23and if that hadn't happened I wouldn't be here.
39:25I don't think I'd be having half as much fun
39:27as I'd be having in Cork
39:29because I'd be going home at the weekend.
39:31We were together for almost three years.
39:33Wow.
39:35That's impressive.
39:37Between 17.
39:39That's a long relationship for someone that age.
39:41It is.
39:43I definitely have a lot of love to give
39:45and I just think
39:47my friends are great, my housemates are great
39:49but nothing compares to the love you have
39:51with a partner or with someone
39:53you're spending your life with.
39:59I need kids.
40:01I need kids running around.
40:03I need kids pissing me off.
40:05I need three kids.
40:07Three kids?
40:09Yeah.
40:11So you got to be birthing those babies like
40:13pop, pop, pop.
40:17No, no, no.
40:19I want to adopt.
40:21There's so many kids in the foster system
40:23and I want to take
40:25two or three
40:27into my care, make them happy.
40:29Do you want to live here forever?
40:31I have a really soft spot for Ireland. I really do.
40:33And I've found now
40:35that when I write
40:37I can't but not
40:39inject Ireland
40:41into the things I write about.
40:43I love it.
40:45Yeah, I can see that.
40:57Oh, yeah.
40:59That was that coffee.
41:03It looks like a baby bell.
41:05Yeah, it does actually.
41:07And every time I bite into it and it's not changing.
41:09You're expecting a baby bell.
41:11Will you check the bell?
41:13Yep, I got it.
41:15Are you sure? Yeah.
41:17I'd love to be like, oh yeah, I have a spark.
41:19That's so easy, isn't it?
41:21It's like knowing all the answers in the test
41:23without studying.
41:25Good company?
41:27Yeah. Great.
41:29It's good to hear.
41:33Thank you both so much.
41:35Lovely to have you both.
41:37Bye.
41:39Would you like to see each other again romantically?
41:41Thinks first?
41:43No, I don't think so.
41:45Yeah, no.
41:47I think we both got the same vibe.
41:49I really enjoyed today and it was like non-stop chat
41:51but I don't think there was any romantic spark really.
41:55Yeah.
41:59If I like somebody and I get on well with them
42:01I'll go on a second date.
42:03That's just me.
42:05But I agree.
42:07I wasn't like, oh, there's sparks or whatever.
42:11Oh, I was going to give you that.
42:13Why didn't you give it to me?
42:15I should get in there.
42:21What are your plans for this evening then after this?
42:23No plans. You?
42:25You plan on being somewhere?
42:27A second date lined up.
42:29Oh, yeah.
42:31I took my brother from the airport at like 6 o'clock tomorrow
42:33in the morning.
42:35And then head straight to Kerry which is like a three and a half hour drive.
42:37Yeah, but you're not driving, are you?
42:39No.
42:41Were you very nervous?
42:43Yeah.
42:45I 100% was as well.
42:47Why wouldn't you be?
42:49The whole thing of going on a date with somebody
42:51Yeah.
42:53You could show up and they could hate you and you're like, oh.
42:55Yeah.
42:57Do they hate you?
42:59Do they hate you?
43:01I don't think so.
43:03Good.
43:05Jesus Christ.
43:07I want to suss you out a bit.
43:09And the pearl necklace as well.
43:11It's throwing me a little bit.
43:13Why?
43:15I don't know.
43:17You do know. Why is it throwing you?
43:19I wouldn't say.
43:21There you go.
43:23ASOS 250.
43:25It's probably like my fourth or fifth pair because they keep breaking.
43:31Hello?
43:33Mother?
43:35How are you?
43:37Really good.
43:39What's he like?
43:41Oh, my God.
43:43Is he a nice fellow?
43:45He is beautiful.
43:47Fuck me.
43:49What's he from?
43:51What's he about?
43:53He's from Kildare.
43:55He has a curly mullet.
43:57And he has a few tattoos as well.
43:59He's really lovely.
44:01Is he a lovely fellow?
44:03Oh, Aisling, I'm so happy.
44:05That's great news.
44:07And he's a great crack as well.
44:09I actually don't think it could be going any better.
44:11Aisling, I am so happy.
44:13I am so happy for you.
44:15Obviously, we are going to collect David in the morning,
44:17so I don't want it to be too late at one
44:19before I get back to Ben's.
44:21You can sleep the whole way down in the car.
44:23Yeah, I know.
44:25I mean, if the vibes are vibing.
44:27If the vibes are vibing, you go for it, girl.
44:29My mum always tells this story.
44:31They just bought a house.
44:33They were broke.
44:35They had my brother, who was just born.
44:37They had no money to buy anything,
44:39and my mum was complaining about,
44:41we've no money for this, we've no money for that.
44:43So Ben went out and spent his last bit of money
44:45on a bag of chocolate coins
44:47and was like, here, here's the money.
44:49We'll figure it out.
44:57What do you like to do in your spare time?
44:59In the first moment,
45:01he seemed like very serious,
45:03but when he gave me the first word,
45:05I said,
45:07he's a bit crazy,
45:09and I love that.
45:11She's walking.
45:13Would you like to see each other
45:15again, romantically?
45:19Do you want?
45:21I want as well!
45:23I was so slow to say that, yeah.
45:25Just in case.
45:27Did you think there was a bit of a spark?
45:29Yeah, there were some sparks.
45:31There were lots of sparks.
45:33Crazy energy. It was really good.
45:35Called the firefighters.
45:37We do a movie now,
45:39I watch La La Land.
45:41I don't feel like you're actually
45:43going to watch much of the movie.
45:45At least this starts us.
45:53I'm in love.
45:55You adore me,
45:57because I'm a gentleman.
45:59I approve. Go ahead, son.
46:01Aw, thanks so much.
46:04Don't you see the resemblance?
46:06His mother was...
46:08Butter my biscuits!
46:10His mother was Brazilian.
46:12I see it now.
46:14The laugh is also very similar.
46:16We are going to Panty Bar.
46:18Step on it.
46:20Thank you so much.
46:25I wouldn't mind splitting,
46:27if that's OK.
46:29I have it.
46:31Gent.
46:33I wasn't going to say it first.
46:35I split Guinness straight away.
46:37She could have been like,
46:39oh, Jesus, you know,
46:41I know how girls are these days.
46:43You might get the ache and go,
46:45this guy's the worst.
46:47I was weak at the knees.
46:49His hair, his moustache,
46:51the tattoos.
46:53He was wearing a pearl necklace,
46:55which was just like, oh, my God.
46:57If I was with a horrible date,
46:59I would go 50-50 shortly.
47:01Would you like to see each other
47:03again romantically?
47:05I would.
47:07Definitely.
47:09Yeah.
47:11Oh, definitely.
47:13I was so scared about that.
47:15Oh, my God.
47:17I was like, they're all looking at me
47:19and they know the answer.
47:21I thought I'd be the braver person
47:23and say, yeah, go first.
47:25I appreciate it.
47:27It was easy.
47:29I don't think we were at any point
47:31where we stuck what to say to each other.
47:33Do you fancy each other?
47:35I think it's evident.
47:37Yeah.
47:39Say that again.
47:41What's that?
47:43Weak at the knees.
47:45Weak at the knees.
47:57Oh.
48:03Oh, nice lips.
48:05Oh.
48:07Be careful.
48:21I just felt really comfortable
48:23talking to him.
48:25And he's really handsome as well.
48:39First date,
48:41it's tough to come and do that.
48:43I've set the standards
48:45high now, lads.
48:55What am I doing?
48:57Coming in here with bad bitch energy.
48:59Double trouble, huh?
49:01Oh, red for danger.
49:03I'm dangerous, am I?
49:05It's starting to make sense now.
49:07What do you mean?
49:09Oh, dearie.
49:11She didn't know what was going on.
49:13Plot twist.
49:15It didn't go well.
49:17We're in trouble and we're looking for a fort.
49:19I mean, if you're into it, like...
49:25Yeah.
49:55Yeah.