First Dates Ireland

TX RTÉ2 Thursday 9 April @ 9.35PM.

With no expectations apart from hoping her date doesn’t hail from Donegal, no-nonsense garda Nikki (40) from Cork is tired of guys asking if she’s ‘brought her handcuffs’. Looking for someone to ‘ground’ her, motorcycle mad Nikki meets care assistant and fellow biker Emmett (42) from Mullingar who admits to smiling ‘like a Cheshire cat’, if he’s attracted to a girl. But will they get each other’s motor running?

Doyle (30) from Dublin returns to the restaurant bringing so much sexy back, he’s a potential fire hazard. Looking for someone just as ‘hot as himself’ Doyle meets Brazilian marketing executive Enisio (36) from Dublin – fresh from a week long gay cruise. Doyle has entered his ‘closed legs’ era, but, as these two mirror-image, jacked-up, muscle-top wearing hotties come together, how long will that last?

Keen to express himself and his unique style beyond the conservative confines of his home town, Elliott (26) from Laois meets fellow Midlander, Bria (25) from Offaly who once did the Camino to ‘find herself’ but returned empty-handed. With a tendency to overthink her dates, chatterbox Bria has already imagined every possible disaster. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

Emma (21) from Limerick James (21) from Louth, who doesn’t drink coffee because he has ‘enough energy as it is’ . Emma tends to go for ‘the loudest guy in the room’ (preferably with the confidence to rock a ‘tache), will James be the one?