Celebrity Apprentice Ireland


Celebrity Apprentice Ireland is an Irish reality television series, in which a group of Irish celebrities compete for the chance to win €25,000 for their chosen charity.
Caroline Downey, the managing director of MCD is the head judge in the competition with the two advisors being former politician Liz O'Donnell and entrepreneur John McGuire.
Edele Lynch beat Amanda Brunker in the final which aired on 28 October 2013. Caroline Downey awarding Lynch the title after her team's renovation challenge in a Down Syndrome Ireland Latch On educational centre, using items sourced from donedeal.ie.

Contestants

CelebrityBackgroundOriginal teamResult
Edele LynchB*Witched singerAthenaThe Celebrity Apprentice
Amanda BrunkerGossip columnistAthenaFired in the season finale
Frances BlackThe Black Family singerAthenaFired in week 6
Danielle MoylesModel & television presenterAthenaFired in week 6
Mikey GrahamBoyzone singerIconicFired in week 5
Nick LeesonFormer derivatives brokerIconicFired in week 4
Maclean BurkeFair City actorIconicFired in week 3
Michael ConlanOlympic amateur boxerIconicFired in week 3
Emma QuinlanModel & burlesque performerAthenaFired in week 2
Martin MoloneyHardy Bucks memberIconicFired in week 1

Summary

The first episode aired on TV3 on 23 September 2013. Martin Maloney of Hardy Bucks was the first celebrity to be sacked on the first show. The first task involved designing and selling custom-made T-shirts in high street store Penneys. The task was won by the girls team.
Emma Quinlan was the second celebrity to be fired after the second episode which aired on 30 September. Both teams were challenged with rolling out a themed event for Carling lager with Quinlan's team winning the public vote for the best entertainment event. However bosses at Carlsberg overturned the vote and claimed that they had missed the brief in that their event could not be rolled out to pubs nationwide. Nick Leeson and Edele Lynch were also brought back into the boardroom before Quinlan was fired.

Episodes

Episode 1

Celebrity Apprentice: You're Fired is the follow-on show to Celebrity Apprentice Ireland. The first show directly followed the first episode of Celebrity Apprentice Ireland on TV3. The show is hosted by Anton Savage. The 30 minute show features a two-person celebrity guest panel in front of a studio audience that discusses the episode just aired and the fired apprentice from that episode is also interviewed.