Who are the Irish contestants facing Alan Sugar in The Apprentice?

The show returns with eighteen ambitious candidates who will battle it out for a quarter-of-a-million-pound investment

The Apprentice returns on Thursday on BBC.

British TV show, The Apprentice is back on BBC One on Thursday and this time around, there will be two Irish contestants facing billionaire boss, Alan Sugar.

Series 17 will see a total of eighteen ambitious candidates battle it out for a quarter-of-a-million-pound investment (approx. €280,000) with Alan Sugar. Those candidates include Kildare native Emma Browne and Dubliner Kevin D'Arcy who are both hoping to secure the all-important investment with the British tycoon — and avoid hearing the words "you're fired".