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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".

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

Surgeons and doctors provide cutting-edge care in Love My Face, Zara King presents The Search for Michael Gaine, there's the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers - and The Apprentice really does come to an end . . .

Television • 16 Apr

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

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

Actor Stephen Rea is the focus of The Fire in Me Now, Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror returns for a new run, there's the second season of psychological drama The Ex Wife, and the final round of The Apprentice takes place tonight . . .

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

Kneecap director Rich Peppiatt accepts his BAFTA - "It's more than a film, it's a movement. And it's about how everyone should have their language respected; they should have their culture respected, and they should have their homeland respected"

Kneecap director among BAFTA winners in London

Kneecap director and co-writer Rich Peppiatt has won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer on a night when Conclave and The Brutalist were the big winners.

BAFTA Awards • 28 Feb

Danny Forde. Photo credit: Ruth Medjber www.ruthlessimagery.com

Behind the music - IFTA nominee Danny Forde

Irish musician Danny Forde's music is nominated for Best Original Music at the IFTAS this Friday for the for the Irish co-produced movie The Apprentice. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 10 Feb

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

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

Vastly different shows The Dog House and The Apprentice both return, An Update on Our Family looks at the unregulated world of family vlogging, First Dates Ireland continues, while Brian and Maggie concludes . . .

Television • 30 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

The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien, will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday 2 March

Irish film talent eyeing Oscar nominations at lunchtime

The Oscar nominations will be announced in Los Angeles this lunchtime, and hopes are high that it will be another good year for Irish film talent at 1.30pm.

oscars • 23 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

The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 16 February

Watch: The BAFTA nominations in London

Find out who has been nominated at the 2025 British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs.

Movies • 15 Jan

Irish eyes will be on Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan (seen here in The Outrun) making the shortlist

Irish eyes on BAFTA nominations at midday

Irish eyes are on the nominees for this year's British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs, which will be announced in London at midday.

Movies • 15 Jan

The Kneecap music biopic has been longlisted in seven categories at the BAFTAs

Kneecap, The Apprentice, Ronan longlisted for BAFTAs

The acclaimed music biopic Kneecap has been longlisted in seven categories at the 2025 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), while the Irish produced film The Apprentice has appeared in six categories.

Movies • 03 Jan

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

It's semi-final time on MasterChef: The Professionals, Nothing to Declare returns for a 17th season, Chernobyl, My Promised Land tells the story of a charismatic inventor, and The Apprentice lands on Sky . . .

Television • 03 Dec 24

Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in The Apprentice, which is in cinemas this Friday

'HUMAN SCUM': Trump slams movie about his early days

The stars of a new movie about Donald Trump have responded to the former president's stinging verdict of the film, saying that his language reminded them of Hitler and Stalin.

Movies • 16 Oct 24

Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in The Apprentice

Sebastian Stan gained 'a lot of weight' to play Trump

Actor Sebastian Stan said he gained "a lot of weight" in order to play Donald Trump in upcoming film The Apprentice.

Movies • 19 Sep 24

Trailer for Irish-produced Trump biopic is released

The trailer for the Irish-produced biopic The Apprentice has been released and shows Sebastian Stan's transformation into a young Donald Trump.

Movie • 10 Sep 24

Eoin Duffy: "I hung up pretty quick so I didn't get in any trouble."

Eoin Duffy: 'I video called my mam from Cannes'

Irish actor Eoin Duffy has said it was a "surreal" experience to walk the red carpet at Cannes for upcoming movie, The Apprentice, and admits he made sure his mam got to partake in the fun.

Movies • 04 Jun 24

Ali Abbasi: "I don't necessarily think that this is a movie that he would dislike. I don't necessarily think he would like it".

The Apprentice director: Trump would not 'dislike' film

The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi has said he thinks that former US President Donald Trump would not "dislike" his film about Trump's real estate dealings in the 1980s.

Movies • 22 May 24

Sebastian Stan (right) as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice, which premieres in Cannes on Monday

Trump biopic hits Cannes Film Festival

A Donald Trump biopic and the latest dark creation by David Cronenberg premiere in Cannes on Monday as the world-famous film festival reaches its midway point.

Movie • 20 May 24

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

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

There's the final of The Apprentice, Nelson Mandela is the focus of A Life in Ten Pictures, an exploration of The Bermuda Triangle and the season one finale of Rob Beckett's Smart TV . . .

Television • 17 Apr 24