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Some 3, mostly female undergraduates have joined SeekingArrangement. Figures just released by the US-based online dating website reveal 9. But it's not just hard-up students who are being matched up with middle-aged millionaires, as a total of 23, so-called 'sugarbabies' have now signed up from Ireland - an increase of 8, over the past two years and almost five times the estimated 5, membership just five years ago.
The controversial service, which specialises in pairing off attractive young somethings with men often three times their age, has been criticised in the past as a seedy playground for ageing adulterers. Further analysis of the figures reveals that of the total sugar baby membership from Ireland, 3, of those are male, both gay and straight, who are paired up respectively with gay 'Sugar Daddies' or so-called 'Sugar Mamas'.
A typical arrangement with a young Irish female student is likely to involve her being flown over to a luxury apartment in the US for a weekend by her loaded partner, where she is showered with gifts and hospitality, before returning home back to college. The agency's chiefs have also noted the number of sugar daddies from Ireland is also on the rise, up from 6, in to 8, by last month - a trend partly attributed to the economic recovery.
Read More: Ashley Madison hack victims receive blackmail letters through the post. Nearly one in four Irish sugar daddies are married, while most are registered in Dublin , followed by Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford.
