The Youth 2000 Valentine’s Ball is an entrenched tradition for many young Catholics around Ireland, but due to the pandemic, many will be tuning in to the Youth 2000 version of Blind Date this year.
Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Youth 2000’s Emma Maloney explained that the pandemic made their usual fundraising ball impossible this year, so they decided on another course to “lift people’s spirits”.
“We have contacted some of our volunteers, our single volunteers, who we think would be good contestants. It works like the TV show, Blind Date, where first of all we’ll have a girl, and then she has to pick between three guys,” she said, continuing, “She’ll ask them questions, and then the one with the best answers will have the opportunity, when the pandemic is over, to go for a tea or a coffee if they both want to. It’s really just for a bit of fun.”
“Valentine’s Day can be a very lonely time, and now especially during the pandemic. You can’t even meet up with your friends, so you know, you can watch this with your friends when you’re not together, so it’s going to be good craic,” she said.
The event takes after the usual Valentine’s Ball in being strictly over-18s, with tickets available on Eventbrite.ie, and is scheduled to take place this Sunday at 7:30pm.