{"id":249392,"date":"2026-01-24T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249392\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T10:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:18:10","slug":"the-irish-version-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/249392\/","title":{"rendered":"The Irish version is here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I definitely need a new Traitors fix<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">If you\u2019re currently nursing a massive, cloak-shaped hole in your heart because <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/tag\/the-traitors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Traitors UK<\/a> is coming to an end, I have some elite news for you. You don\u2019t have to reintegrate into society just yet.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">While we\u2019ve all been losing our minds over series four, Ireland has filmed their own brand of chaos, and it\u2019s finally heading to BBC One.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571284\" class=\"size-full wp-image-571284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.43.56.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1230\" height=\"810\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-571284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The Irish edition originally aired on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> RT\u00c9<\/a> in August, leaving UK watchers desperately refreshing their iPlayer feeds for news of a crossover. The wait is officially over. According to the BBC programmes website, The Traitors Ireland is set to drop at midnight on Saturday 24th January.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">The first episode will be immediately followed by the second at 1.00am.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">This isn\u2019t just a carbon copy of the UK version; it\u2019s got its own flavor, mostly thanks to the iconic hosting choice. Siobh\u00e1n McSweeney (Sister Michael from Derry Girls) is at the helm, trading her habit for a dramatic coat to oversee 24 players.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">It\u2019s set in the stunning (and spooky) Slane Castle in County Meath, and has a\u00a0\u20ac50,000 jackpot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571289\" class=\"size-full wp-image-571289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-12.04.20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1290\" height=\"856\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-571289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">So, once the confetti settles on the UK finale, you can head straight over to Slane Castle to start the process of becoming emotionally attached to a whole new group of people all over again.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">While people in Northern Ireland have had access via RT\u00c9 for a while, the rest of the UK has been locked out until now. You can catch the double-bill premiere on BBC One or, more realistically, wait for the inevitable boxset drop on BBC iPlayer so you can binge the lot in one sitting.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">The missions are just as tense, the banishments are just as brutal, and with Siobh\u00e1n McSweeney delivering the sass, it\u2019s the perfect comedown from the series four finale.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">For more reality TV gossip,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/entdailylife\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like The Tab Entertainment on Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">Featured image credit: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I definitely need a new Traitors fix If you\u2019re currently nursing a massive, cloak-shaped hole in your heart&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,1093,72404,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-249392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-reality-tv","13":"tag-the-traitors","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}