The latest series of First Dates Ireland is in full swing and this week is set to feature another Laois person.

Portlaoise footballer, Michael O’Connell, is looking for love and set to appear on the RTE 2 show at 9.30pm on Thursday.

The 23-year-old nurse is paired with fellow healthcare professional Jessica and we will have to tune in to see if sparks.

O’Connell is the third Laois person to appear on this series of the dating show.

Caoimhe Moore from Portlaoise, who is training to be a secondary school teacher, was on last week’s show where she was paired with Will from Leixlip.

Stradbally’s Cavan Dunne, who works in hospitality, was also on last week’s episode.

The 39-year-old was paired with Polish bus driver Marcin but unfortunately they did not hit it off romantically.

Check out the clip of this week’s episode below:

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