| First Dates | |
|---|---|
 Series 11 title card (Pictured left to right: Neil Kenna, Alice Marr, Mateo Saina, Pete Ungless) | |
| Genre | Reality |
| Narrated by | Peter Campion |
| Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 11 ( as of 2026) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Coco Content |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ2 |
| Release | 21 April 2016 (2016-04-21) – present |
First Dates Ireland12 is the Irish version of the international reality television series First Dates.
Format
The programme is filmed at The Gibson Hotel on Mayor Street in the Point Village in Dublin City, with Mateo Saina showing many people on dates, all of whom have not met each other before. At the end of the date, the couples are interviewed together and asked whether they would like to see each other again.
Restaurant staff
| Role | Cast of First Dates3 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||
| Mateo Saina | Maître d' | |||||||||||||||||
| Alice Marr | Waitress | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Ungless | Waiter | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethan Miles | Barman | |||||||||||||||||
| Neil Kenna | Barman | |||||||||||||||||
Renewal
Due to its success2 the series has been renewed every year since its inception in 2016.
References
References
- "First Dates Ireland reveal their matchmaker - RTÉ Ten". rte.ie. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- "EXCLUSIVE! First Dates Ireland a huge hit as over 250,000 people tune in". goss.ie. 4 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- Byrne, Ruairi Scott. "RTE First Dates Ireland secrets - the real life stories behind Gibson staff in show from chance audition to Trinity grad". irishmirror.ie. Irish Mirror. Retrieved 3 March 2026.