A YOUNG woman who was lovestruck by an Irish man while commuting to work has begun a bid to search for her dashing Romeo.

Fernanda Lopes (24) was travelling to work last Wednesday and Thursday mornings on the number 44 bus when she saw a tall Irish man with blond hair and blue eyes, but to her dismay their eyes never met and he remains a stranger.

Her mystery man got on the bus at Frankfort Avenue in Rathgar on both mornings, and Fernanda contacted FM104's breakfast show The Strawberry Alarm Clock to find the elusive commuter.

Fernanda got off at Dundrum Bus Park and she has no way of knowing where this handsome man works.

She told the Herald: "Last week on the 44 bus at around 8.10am, I saw him and I was thinking to myself, who is this person? I never ever saw him before. I always get the same bus every morning and for just two mornings last week, this guy decided to get the bus.

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"He was white with blond hair and he was tall with nice shoulders. He looked around 26-years-old and he had white earphones around his neck and a black jacket like a North Face jacket. And he had a nice bum too," she laughed.

"I love Irish guys. I'm from Brazil so we only have dark guys over there, so I like the white skin, red hair. I love that."

Fernanda, who has been living in Ireland for over a year, finds the dating scene here very different since she says Irish guys are too shy to approach her.

"Irish boys are too shy, they only talk to us when they're drunk in a nightclub. In Brazil, boys flirt with us in the street all of the time. But it's a different culture here.

"I would love to meet him. But I'm afraid that he might think I'm a crazy girl since I'm looking for him."

Fernanda says she herself can be quite romantic, but she likes men to make a special effort and show her attention.

"I'm kind of romantic but I'd need a boy that gives me attention. I think that's important. I'm almost two years single now. I only had one boyfriend before. But imagine if the boy on the bus has a girlfriend, imagine if he is taken."

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