{"id":254147,"date":"2026-01-20T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/254147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:11:08","slug":"young-cork-businessman-taking-part-in-new-season-of-the-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/254147\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Cork businessman taking part in new season of The Apprentice\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">A Cork man will vie to come out on top in the new season of British TV series The Apprentice, which starts next week on BBC 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Conor Galvin, the owner of a photobooth business, will compete in the 20th series of the show against 19 others bidding to impress the businessman Alan Sugar and secure a \u00a3250,000 investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Raised in Glengariff, West Cork, Mr Galvin graduated from UCD with a degree in Business and Law, according to his Linkedin page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">His company, Press Print Paper, is aimed at \u201ctransforming special moments into timeless, vintage-style newspaper prints\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4938674_2_articleinline_Conor_Galvin_press1a.jpg\" alt=\"The Apprentice contender Conor Galvin from Glengarriff in West Cork runs Press Print Paper.\u00a0\" title=\"The Apprentice contender Conor Galvin from Glengarriff in West Cork runs Press Print Paper.\u00a0\" class=\"card-img\"\/>The Apprentice contender Conor Galvin from Glengarriff in West Cork runs Press Print Paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSince 2023, we\u2019ve been adding a touch of nostalgia to events across Ireland, the UK, and beyond,\u201d his page says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            \u201cYou can spot Press Print Paper at iconic landmarks like Big Ben and the Royal Palace, major sporting events such as the All Ireland Final, and vibrant music festivals.\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;We also bring our unique charm to private functions, including birthdays, weddings and baby showers to name a few.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">20 candidates to be whittled down\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The BBC show will see Mr Galvin and the other candidates undertake a series of tough tasks including creating a children&#8217;s book, selling live on television, and hosting a corporate away day on the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 20 candidates will be whittled down over 12 episodes until there is a sole winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Galvin has said he wants the company to become a household name and expand to London, Manchester and Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He said his business may be fun and light-hearted, but he is a serious candidate who is &#8220;constantly learning the tougher side of strategy, structure and scaling&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The first episode airs on BBC1 on on Thursday, January 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Cork man will vie to come out on top in the new season of British TV series&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[4257,93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-254147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-cork-business","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}