Have you given up on finding love in the traditional manner, exhausted all dating app opportunities and resigned yourself to being single forever?

There is one last resort: going on national TV in a bid to find your one true love.

Yes, the First Dates Ireland restaurant is swinging open its one awkward door for another season and applications are now open, as Maitre D' Mateo and waitress Alice explain below:

So if you're interested - or you have a mate who just needs a little push in the right direction - you know what to do.

What have you got to lose? Okay, there's your dignity, sure... but that's overrated, anyway.