While most of us have been getting our dose of romance from period piece Netflix productions, real life loves and dramas have been playing out in ordinary lives across the country despite the pandemic.
People have been still searching, finding and holding on to love despite all the obstacles the past year has thrown up. Here are some of their stories... The impossible, improbable pandemic love story Paula Byrne is a teacher from Co Laois and one dull, dreary day last October she decided to enter a caption competition for a painting by local artist Kieran Hyland. "Luckily for me that was Kieran's favourite caption for that competition so I won the painting which I was absolutely thrilled about and we just started messaging.