You might want to try this site:
http://www.slf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/email/stats-eng.html I've met people through it, although not for Irish, and it is very good. I have no complaints whatsoever.
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The Tandem Agency, based at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, is a free service of the International Tandem Network, which was founded with the support of the European Union.