'No harsh feelings to Lord Sugar': Irish candidates reflect on The Apprentice experience 

On the current series of the BBC show, Emma Browne and Kevin D'Arcy were the first two participants to hear the dreaded words, 'You're fired'

Ireland's Kevin D’Arcy and Emma Browne were the first two participants to go on The Apprentice this year

Us Irish love to see our own on the small screen – particularly when it means rubbing shoulders with the likes of business tycoon Alan Sugar. 

For the 17th season of the BBC show The Apprentice, we had not one, but two fellow Irish people fight it out for a life-changing investment of £250,000 (approx. €280,000) from the billionaire.