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The RTÉ2 favourite shared the couple's happy news on Instagram

First Dates Ireland's Mateo shares baby joy

First Dates Ireland maître'd Mateo Saina and his wife Vjerana are celebrating the birth of their second child, a baby boy.

Television • 06 May 21

Mateo had to 'smile with his eyes' on new First Dates

First Dates' Mateo Saina said he had to "smile with his eyes" for the new series while wearing a face mask in the restaurant.

First Dates • 12 Feb 21

Applicants for the new season are still welcome

First Dates Ireland tackles love in a Covid climate

First Dates' maître d' of love Mateo has said that the show is among the best options around for romance during the ongoing COVID pandemic.

Televison • 13 Aug 20

Dominika Kowalska takes part in First Dates Ireland

First Dates mum says Ireland is home after rough start

First Dates Ireland contestant Dominika Kowalska says that Ireland is her home now after moving here aged 12 with her family.

Television • 17 Jan 19

First Dates Ireland maître'd Mateo Saina

Mateo relishing First Dates and fatherhood

First Dates Ireland is back for its fourth season on RTÉ One and maître'd Mateo Saina, who welcomed his first child with his partner last year, says that taking part in the show and raising his daughter are both "fulfilling for the soul".

Television • 10 Jan 19

Mateo Saina - "Twenty per cent I would predict wrong; 80 per cent I would like to think that I would predict right. And in the first few episodes I got them all right!"

Mateo says sweetest First Dates in new series

First Dates Ireland maitre d' Mateo Saina has told RTÉ Entertainment that some of the sweetest encounters in the show's history are in the new series, which begins on RTÉ2 tonight at 9:30pm.

First Dates Ireland, • 09 Jan 18

No blind dates for First Dates Ireland's Mateo

First Dates Ireland returns tonight for a second season and the great news for fans is that it's going to be on for twelve weeks - twice as long as year's opening run.

Entertainment • 19 Jan 17

Mateo Saina