Cullen hires Michelle after epic battle

A FORMER applicant for a job as a Playboy presenter has been named as winner of Ireland’s version of The Apprentice.

Michelle Massey, who describes herself as “ambitious, independent, strong, heartfelt, loyal, outgoing and creative” beat off the competition from runner-up Niamh McDonald to become Bill Cullen’s apprentice on the TV3 show in what will be a €100,000 per year job.

According to her biography for the programme, the 28-year-old Telco sales consultant moved out of home in Lincolnshire at the age of 15, and at age 19 she travelled to Ireland with €300 in her pocket “not knowing she would never leave again”.