{"id":281365,"date":"2026-02-05T02:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281365\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:47:07","slug":"love-is-in-the-air-as-donegal-lad-to-appear-on-first-dates-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281365\/","title":{"rendered":"Love is in the air as Donegal lad to appear on First Dates Ireland!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young Donegal man will be hoping for romance to take off on First Dates Ireland in the run-up to Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>The third episode of the hit dating show, airing on Thursday 12th February, will feature 25 year old Mikey Boyle, a HGV mechanic from Gweedore who is now based in Galway.<\/p>\n<p>Mikey will be matched with 24 year old Molly, an airline check in agent from Dublin, for a blind date at the First Dates restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Producers have billed the pairing as a \u201cbog versus Spire\u201d cultural exchange, though viewers will have to decide for themselves whether opposites attract.<\/p>\n<p>Molly dreams of a romantic trip to Nashville but will the combination of her winsome dimples and Mikey\u2019s soft-spoken Gaeltacht brogue be enough to make love take flight?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"1042\">Whether sparks fly or not remains to be seen, but one thing is certain, Donegal viewers will be tuning in to cheer Mikey on.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1195\">First Dates airs on Thursdays on RT\u00c92, with Mikey\u2019s episode broadcasting on the 12th February at 9.35pm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-622537\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MOLLY-MIKEY-768x513-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-622537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molly and Mikey \u2013 First Dates Ireland RTE2<\/p>\n<p>Love is in the air as Donegal lad to appear on First Dates Ireland! was last modified:  February 4th, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young Donegal man will be hoping for romance to take off on First Dates Ireland in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,135990,61,60,135991],"class_list":{"0":"post-281365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-first-dates-ireland","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-mikey-boyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281365","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=281365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}