Paul has several reasons to be excited about 2020.
Anyone who gets engaged should have to spend a day at the family courts and just see the brutality of the separations. “I have to tell you the family courts is an eye opener. “But now in hindsight I am thankful that there was nothing that tied us up in a complicated situation. “I will say that looking back that is a blessing I always wanted kids with Dominique and thought we would have had great kids. It was a clean separation and it was a clean break.
“I have no kids, no ties and I could have done anything. “There was something refreshing and liberating about starting again,” he says.
Paul first met his wife when he performed on Coulter’s Tranquillity cruise when Dominique was 22. “It gave me perspective and that helped me through the separation and the marriage breakdown and it got me to that point where I just said that’s it, enough of the negativity.” “I used to leave in great form and even the realisation that you are not a weirdo helps.
So I sought help and I talked to a professional and it pulled me right out of it. He was an alcoholic so I cut back on the drinking. “On the back of my own father committing suicide I could see the tell tale sides of struggles. I was certainly dealing with a dark side. “I think it is maybe a fashionable thing to be dealing with. The Three Musketeers Panto at the Helix is a 'polished fun-filled performance'.The show starts this Thursday at 10pm on TG4.Paul Byrom and ex wife Dominique Coulter Read More Related Articles The potential for humiliation is huge as episode one demonstrates when kickboxer Corey from Derry is faced with choosing between a boy racer from Kilkenny, an Irish dancer from Dingle and a smooth talker from Dublin. Once the choice is made the new couple will finally be introduced but the chosen contestant then becomes the one in the driving seat - they can choose between accepting a €250 date or spending that €250 on their beloved motor at Advance Pitstop. Expect boy racers, theory tests, L-plates and hill starts, and a few bumps and scrapes along the way.
The lighthearted and first of its kind series aims to find love for some of Ireland’s loneliest drivers with often hilarious and farcical results. However, they will choose their date based on that person's car and will get the chance to kick their tyres and rummage through the boot to glean insights into their suitor's personality. The Irish Blind Date with cars is a 13 part series and each week one lucky bachelor or bachelorette will get to choose from three potential suitors.