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Alan Sugar said both finalists - Dean Franklin and Anisa Khan - were "very, very incredible" and the decision was "tough"

Alan Sugar crowns winner of The Apprentice 2025

Alan Sugar has chosen Dean Franklin as the winner of The Apprentice 2025, saying that he has been "quite good".

Jordan Dargan was Oliver Callan's guest on Monday on RTÉ Radio 1

Irish Apprentice star says Alan Sugar has his number

Dubliner Jordan Dargan, who made it to the semi-final of BBC One's The Apprentice last week, has said show boss Alan Sugar has his phone number.

Television • 17 Apr

Alan Sugar has picked his two finalists for The Apprentice 2025

The Apprentice's 2025 finalists chosen by Alan Sugar

Lord Sugar has picked Anisa Khan and Dean Franklin as his two finalists for The Apprentice 2025.

Television • 10 Apr

Dubliner Jordan Dargan is among the final five candidates on The Apprentice

Dubliner among final five on The Apprentice

Dubliner Jordan Dargan is among the five final Apprentice candidates in with a chance of becoming Alan Sugar's next business partner.

Television • 03 Apr

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Australian drama The Newsreader returns for a third and final run, Bad Dog Academy is also back, Kevin Bacon stars as a murdered bounty hunter in The Bondsman, while Small Town, Big Story comes to an end . . .

Television • 02 Apr

Aoibheann Walsh is fired from The Apprentice

Donegal contestant fired from The Apprentice

Irish beauty salon owner Aoibheann Walsh has been fired from the latest series of The Apprentice after contestants were challenged to create a virtual holographic pop star and record a song and music video.

Television • 07 Feb

Hair & beauty salon owner Aoibheann Walsh from Co Donegal and animation entrepreneur Jordan Dargan from Dublin are trying to impress Alan Sugar and win his £250,000 investment and mentorship for their business ventures

Irish hopefuls survive opening show of The Apprentice

Emma Rothwell has become the first contestant to be fired from The Apprentice as series 19 of the BBC business show began in the Austrian Alps with Irish contestants Aoibheann Walsh from Co Donegal and Jordan Dargan from Dublin among the hopefuls.

Television • 31 Jan

The Apprentice's Alan Sugar - "Apparently, according to President Trump, he has a little shareholding, a small shareholding in the format. So he always reminds people that, 'Lord Sugar works for me'" Photo: BBC

Sugar says Trump tells people: 'He works for me'

The Apprentice boss Alan Sugar has joked that US President and former The Apprentice US host Donald Trump claims the British entrepreneur "works for me".

Television • 29 Jan

Hair & beauty salon owner Aoibheann Walsh from Co Donegal and animation entrepreneur Jordan Dargan from Dublin will be trying to impress Alan Sugar and win his £250,000 investment and mentorship for their business ventures

Irish entrepreneurs among Apprentice hopefuls on BBC

Two entrepreneurs from counties Donegal and Dublin are among the contestants taking part in the new series of BBC One's The Apprentice, which returns to screens on Thursday 30 January at 9:00pm.

Television • 21 Jan

Phil Turner and Rachel Woolford during The Apprentice final on BBC One on Thursday night

The Apprentice 2024 winner is crowned

Fitness studio owner Rachel Woolford has become Alan Sugar's latest business partner after winning this year's series of The Apprentice on BBC One.

Television • 18 Apr 24

The semi-final of The Apprentice will air on Thursday 11 April on BBC One at 9:00pm

The Apprentice is down to the final five

The final five candidates on BBC's The Apprentice are set to be interrogated by some of Alan Sugar's closest advisers after making it through to the penultimate episode.

Television • 05 Apr 24

Apprentice contestants achieve show's largest sale ever

A team on The Apprentice has achieved the largest winning sum in the show's 18-series history.

Television • 29 Feb 24

The Apprentice, with Irish contestant Maura Rath among the hopefuls, continues on Thursdays on BBC One

Second Apprentice hopeful fired after pie in the sky

A Lancashire pie company director who kept "banging on about chocolate" to a health-conscious food company has become the latest candidate on The Apprentice to be fired.

Television • 08 Feb 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Thursday

There's the latest adaptation of David Nicholls' One Day, Billy Connolly Does returns for a third season, Secret Life of the Safari Park comes to a conclusion, a teacher and a falconer meet on First Dates Ireland . . .

Television • 08 Feb 24

Apprentice hopeful fired as brownie takes the biscuit

Oliver Medforth has become the first contestant to depart the new series of The Apprentice after encountering some difficulties making a brownie.

Television • 01 Feb 24

Maura Rath - One of the contestants in the new series of The Apprentice, which begins on BBC One on Thursday 1 February at 9:00pm

Wexford entrepreneur among Apprentice hopefuls on BBC

Wexford entrepreneur Maura Rath is among the contestants on the forthcoming series of BBC One's The Apprentice.

Television • 25 Jan 24

BBC sets new social media rules for presenters

Strictly Come Dancing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker and The Apprentice boss Alan Sugar are among those who have been warned by the BBC that they could face disciplinary action for social media use.

Television • 28 Sep 23

Boxing gym owner Marnie Swindells wins The Apprentice

Alan Sugar has hired boxing gym owner Marnie Swindells as his latest business partner following an all-female finale of The Apprentice.

Television • 24 Mar 23

Alan Sugar fired Sohail Chowdhary on Thursday's episode

Fired Apprentice star gets candid about the TV show

The latest Apprentice candidate to be fired, Sohail Chowdhary, has explained that participation in the programme is "a lot more tricky" than he realised from watching on TV.

Television • 17 Feb 23

Emma Browne - "I'm not going to be a sore loser. I put myself forward and someone had to go. I'm not painful about it"

Irish hopeful on The Apprentice starting own business

Emma Browne, one of two Irish hopefuls on The Apprentice, is moving ahead with her own business after becoming the first contestant to be fired by Alan Sugar in the new series of the BBC show.

Television • 06 Jan 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Book lovers are centre stage on Page Turners, First Dates Ireland returns, as do The Apprentice and Dragons Den, while TV presenter Alex Jones takes on a new role as a fertility assistant

Television • 05 Jan 23

There are now 13 entrepreneurs in the running to win £250,000 worth of investment in their business and become Alan Sugar's next business partner Photos: Ray Burmiston

Apprentice hopefuls "devastated" as contestant bows out

Broadcaster Tom Allen has said contestants on The Apprentice are "devastated" after fellow competitor Shama Amin had to quit the show for health reasons.

Television • 18 Jan 22

Apprentice contestant leaves show due to medical reason

The Apprentice contestant Shama Amin has quit the show due to health reasons.

Television • 18 Jan 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Thursday

The Apprentice sets a toothbrush challenge, there's animal magnetism in First Dates Ireland, Who Do You Think You Are? looks at Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker, and Laochra Gael returns . . .

Television • 13 Jan 22

(L-R) Alan Sugar and Claude Littner have starred together on the show since 2015 Photo: Press Association/BBC

Apprentice boss hopeful Claude is on the mend

Alan Sugar has said his The Apprentice co-star Claude Littner is "doing very, very well" following a "horrific" accident.

Television • 13 Jul 21