{"id":609707,"date":"2026-08-31T01:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609707\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T01:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:06:13","slug":"this-is-where-you-might-recognise-traitors-ireland-star-fionula-linehan-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609707\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS is where you might recognise Traitors Ireland star Fionula Linehan from"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Traitors Ireland returned to our screens on Sunday night, and one person caught the eye of the viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Fionula Linehan is one of the contestants stepping into the castle for the brand-new season of The Traitors Ireland, but eagle-eyed viewers may recognise her from another Irish television show.<\/p>\n<p>One of Fionula\u2019s most recognisable screen credits is the hugely popular Irish comedy The Young Offenders.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pizza and a drink and you will keep Fionula onside, just ask Billy Murphy.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TraitorsIRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#TraitorsIRL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5pLOSNHyTs\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5pLOSNHyTs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard (@RichardMTWG) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardMTWG\/status\/2094167602914640222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She appeared in the original 2016 film, which starred Alex Murphy and Chris Walley as best friends Conor and Jock.<\/p>\n<p>Fionula was credited as the DIY Cashier in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>She later returned to the TV adaptation of the series, appearing as Woman on Bus and Neighbour #1 across the show\u2019s run.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-459407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/unnamed-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"  \/>The Young Offenders | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>During Sunday night\u2019s debut episode of season two of Traitors Ireland, Fionula left quite the impression, being chosen as a Traitor alongside Carla and P\u00e1raic K.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the first episode, the trio were tasked with their first mission: to choose a fourth Traitor to join them.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Siobh\u00e1n revealed that the mystery Traitor will have the final say on who is to be murdered first.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-482591 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788138373_11_The-Traitors-Ireland-Ep-1-Series-2-Paraic-K.jpg\"   alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/>P\u00e1raic K on the Traitors<\/p>\n<p>Fionula went first, suggesting Sean, as she revealed people would be likely persuaded by him, as well as believe him.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, P\u00e1raic suggested Laura, as he claimed she would be underestimated, while Carla suggested Adele, as she has already formed alliances with three others.<\/p>\n<p>However, the episode was cut short just before the reveal, leading fans to theorise who could be the fourth \u201cbig traitor\u201d who will make that final decision.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Traitors Ireland returned to our screens on Sunday night, and one person caught the eye of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-609707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609707","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=609707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}