Single smoothies take note: Holly is looking for love on dating app

FORMER Miss Ireland Holly Carpenter is looking for love online and while the 26-yearold would like to meet someone special on a dating app, she laments the lack of romance in 21st-century life. ‘I’m totally single, I’m 100% single,’ said Holly, pictured. ‘It’s hard. I was kind of seeing someone a while ago but I just feel like I’m all or nothing with everything I do,’ the Dubliner, who split from RTÉ pundit Richie Sadlier last year, admitted. ‘If I’m not head over heels obsessed, then there’s a million other things I could be doing with my time. That sounds kind of cut-throat but I’ve stayed in relationships too long in the past where I wasn’t into it anymore and I should have just left.’ The jewellery designer, who launched her debut line LoveLift in September 2017, says she would be happy to meet someone on a dating site. ‘I did download Bumble last week to have a look. I’ve used Tinder before but I’ve never been on a Tinder date or a Bumble date,’ she said. ‘But I think it’s kind of handy to see who’s around, to see who’s single.’ However, Holly laments the nature of modern dating culture. ‘I look back at how my parents met and they met in a bar and in three weeks they were engaged; they’re married 27 years. It’s so romantic, they didn’t have mobiles when they met, it was payphones and I love that,’ added Holly, who was speaking at the launch of the Breast Cancer Ireland Battle of the Stars gala fundraiser, which she will take part in on Saturday, April 14.