Making it Work: The dating agency that has figured out the plus and minus of finding love

Intro sets up around 100 dates per week, and believes its statistics-based model is a good fit for a post-lockdown world

Feargal Harrington, director and co-founder of Intro Matchmaking. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Feargal Harrington has his brother Eoin to thank for introducing him to his life and business partner more than ten years ago.

Eoin, a part-time musician, persuaded his pal Rena Maycock to play some of his songs on the local radio stations she ran at the time and promised her a drink in return. Knowing Feargal was single and that Rena was too, Eoin thought they might make a good match and brought his brother ...