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00:01This is the first date's restaurant.
00:04And we're back.
00:05Finally.
00:07A place where anything...
00:10Garcon.
00:12Okay.
00:13Breathe.
00:14...is possible.
00:15But you've piqued my interest.
00:17There's two of them.
00:18There's two of them.
00:19No, nobody's losing their cool.
00:21An instant attraction.
00:24Your gorgeous eyes.
00:25Stop it.
00:28A match made in heaven.
00:32I'm a big fan of your parents' work.
00:34Or a sudden shock to the senses.
00:37Score!
00:39None of these daters know what to expect.
00:42I'm in a village hall.
00:44Muff.
00:45What?
00:47What happens next...
00:53...is up to them.
00:54Cupid.
00:56Would you like to see each other again romantically?
00:59Yeah.
01:00No.
01:01Yeah.
01:02I would.
01:03I don't know about her.
01:10There were nights when the wind was so cold.
01:15Woo!
01:16Beneath her whimsical Canadian charm, the real Mariah is also charming and whimsical.
01:23Sometimes when people first meet me, they'll be like, oh, she's so fun and bubbly and she's
01:28a ditz.
01:28But, like, no, I'm not.
01:31I typically go for personality, 70%, look, 30%.
01:35I still need a hottie.
01:36He has to describe himself as hot.
01:38Just to make sure he says, I am hot.
01:40Baby, baby, baby, when you touch me like this.
01:46And when you hold me like that, you won't storm away.
01:50I just think I'm fun.
01:51I have a lot to offer.
01:52And, yeah, I think I'm going to have a great time with this.
02:01Hello.
02:04Your name, please?
02:05Mariah.
02:06Mariah?
02:06Yeah.
02:07American accent?
02:08Canadian.
02:08My apologies.
02:10It's so nice to meet you.
02:10I'm actually so excited to be here.
02:13You go, girl.
02:14You're ready.
02:14You look lovely.
02:15Yeah, thank you.
02:16But it's always a bit nerve-wracking meeting new people and hoping that they like me and
02:20hoping I like them.
02:21So I'll be nervous, but I think it will be, like, good nerves.
02:25What brings you here?
02:26Um, well, love.
02:28But obviously that didn't work out.
02:29So here for the vibes now.
02:31I was in a four-year relationship with an Irish guy who I met in Toronto.
02:36Moved here.
02:37And then two years after moving here, we broke up.
02:40And I have been here since.
02:42So all he was was a stepping stone to your real dream.
02:45You said that, not me.
02:48What type are you looking for?
02:50Really, like, fun person.
02:52Outgoing.
02:53Has a good head on his shoulders.
02:54Confident in himself.
02:55Has a good life.
02:56Good friendships.
02:57Nice, yeah.
02:58Nice family.
02:58Ambitious.
02:59You already did ten points.
03:00I think you should stop.
03:01Yeah.
03:01How do you keep going?
03:03Okay.
03:03I'm going to draw my dream Irish man.
03:07We're giving him a bit of arm muscles because I really like, like, a nice arm.
03:11I'm going to give him a pink shirt because I think a man that wears pink is very confident.
03:16A lot of the Irish guys have, like, you know, the Irish haircut where it's like, shh, it's
03:21like shaved here and then it goes up.
03:24This guy doesn't have that.
03:27Here we go.
03:28Meet Owen.
03:31Getting to know Ireland by myself and building my community.
03:35It's actually been amazing.
03:36Yeah.
03:36You have to find your bearings all the time, which is tough.
03:40Yeah.
03:40So I found my bearings and now I need to find my man.
03:45It's the one for the money, two for sure.
03:48Get ready now, go, can't go, but don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
03:53Thank you very much, is what Connor might say to his guitar.
03:58Did you get trapped at all?
04:00Sometimes.
04:01With the guitar, that's just a cheat code though, isn't it?
04:04Only lay off them shoes and don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
04:08I like a girl who knows what she wants, you know.
04:09For somebody who's confident and quite self-assured,
04:12kind of has a bit of a presence.
04:14I think I'm very particular.
04:16I have to have like that spark.
04:19You look great, man.
04:20We're okay, we're kind of casual.
04:22Casual, this is who I am, take it or leave it.
04:24What do you want?
04:26You ready to go?
04:27I'm ready, man, yeah, let's go.
04:28Go with me.
04:29Anybody that knows me knows that I don't go on dates.
04:33Blind dates are scary as it is.
04:36You made it, you brought someone.
04:37Yes, I did, yeah.
04:38Hello, how are you?
04:38Hey, how are you?
04:39Nice to meet you, Connor.
04:40Lovely to meet you, Mariah.
04:41Nice to meet you.
04:43Where did you come from?
04:44I live in Dublin.
04:45Yeah, how about you?
04:46I came from Galway.
04:48Oh, lovely.
04:48Yeah, yeah.
04:48I've been to Galway a good few times.
04:50Yeah?
04:50Like it?
04:50Yeah, I love it.
04:51Oh wait, so you're from Galway?
04:53No, I'm originally from Brighton in the UK.
04:55Oh, you are?
04:55Yeah, can you not tell me my accent?
04:57Yeah, of course.
04:59About ten years ago, I moved here fully.
05:02Didn't mean to, and actually stayed.
05:05Connor Mara got me.
05:06I think it does that to a lot of people.
05:08Do you usually date, do you?
05:09Or what's your...?
05:10Do I usually date?
05:11Mm.
05:12Regularly, regularly date?
05:13Oh, no, absolutely not.
05:15Why?
05:15I just date my dog.
05:17I just date myself, so...
05:20That sounded really bad.
05:22I mean, I mean, I don't date.
05:24I don't date, so...
05:30Well, how are we getting on?
05:32Some people merely claim to be old school romantics.
05:37Saeed keeps detailed accounts.
05:41I think it's really important in a relationship to be really romantic.
05:44Like, I've done terribly cringy stuff.
05:46Like, I've had, like, art commissioned and stuff of them, and...
05:50There was one relationship I was in.
05:52I saved every receipt from every single date we went on,
05:55and put it in, like, a big scrapbook on our first anniversary.
06:00I'll never forget the moment we kissed...
06:03Just, like, telltale of every single date we've been on.
06:05Oh, fuck.
06:09It's a trick.
06:10It's a trick, man.
06:11I got tricked.
06:12How are you getting on?
06:13Mister.
06:14Your name?
06:14Saeed.
06:15Mateo, nice to meet you, Saeed.
06:16Absolute pleasure.
06:17Where are you coming from?
06:18Uh, Ranaleh.
06:19Hey, I used to live in Ranaleh, like, four, seven, eight years.
06:22Yeah.
06:22It's gorgeous, isn't it?
06:23Yeah, it's beautiful.
06:24My favourite part of Dublin.
06:25Ranaleh is expensive, eh?
06:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:28I live in the tiniest box room ever, so, you know, we don't pay too much, but...
06:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:31It's good.
06:32I know I don't really come across as a nervous person a lot, but deep down...
06:36Would you like a drink?
06:37I'd love a drink.
06:38What would you like?
06:39I would love a Negroni.
06:41Respect.
06:42He's in love with you now.
06:43Yeah, all right.
06:43Good, good.
06:44Let's just skip this.
06:45Right, we'll go on a date together.
06:47Come on, let's go.
06:47Shall we?
06:47Let's just get out of here.
06:48I just find it's a great way of getting to know someone better and delivering some kind
06:55of rapport.
06:55You know, like, if I'm there telling jokes and being funny, like, they won't know I'm shivering
07:01inside, like...
07:02We have, like, the most rubbish little box rooms with no insulation or anything.
07:06That sounds like every apartment in Dublin, so...
07:10I wouldn't blame Ranala for that.
07:11I'm not blaming Ranala.
07:13Do you live with a lot of people?
07:14I live with four lads.
07:15Okay.
07:16Why don't you all just cuddle together in a bedroom?
07:18I've suggested it.
07:19They really...
07:20They keep turning me down.
07:21Like, lads, why can't we just all cuddle?
07:24You know, if I was there, I would.
07:25I'd be like, yeah, no problem.
07:26It's fine.
07:27Thank you, finally.
07:28Anything to save money on electricity.
07:30Think about the bills.
07:31Yeah.
07:32What's the cheeky cuddle with the boys?
07:34I've had times where a girl has invited me over to her gaff.
07:36I'm just sitting on this over together.
07:38She's making...
07:39Thinking back.
07:40She's making very obvious signs.
07:41And I'm just there like, oh no, I thought it was just friends.
07:45Someone who's a bit weird, like myself.
07:49That's good.
07:50A bit tapped in the head.
07:51I like that.
07:52Yeah.
07:52Honesty is good.
07:53You know, down to freak.
07:58Hey.
08:02Looks are personality.
08:04For Zaza, it's all about the beauty within.
08:09Definitely personality.
08:10They can be kind of goofy looking.
08:12I don't mind.
08:13They've just got kind of like an endearing sort of look to them.
08:15Or like some kind of charm or spark.
08:21I can be kind of silly and goofy, which I enjoy being.
08:24But I'm actually smart, hopefully.
08:26I think that I'm smart.
08:28And I think that can take a little longer to see.
08:30Because I just like to sort of goof around a lot.
08:33Hello.
08:33Nice to meet you.
08:34Beautiful.
08:35What's your name?
08:35Zaza.
08:36Is that a short for something?
08:38For Alexandra.
08:38Alexandra.
08:39Alexandra.
08:40Okay.
08:41Alec.
08:41In Croatia, we would call you Alex.
08:43Yes, yes.
08:44In the US too, we call me Alex.
08:46But Zaza it is.
08:46But I'm Zaza, yeah.
08:47Okay.
08:48I've gone on dates with like Irish guys, French guys, people from sort of all over because
08:52it is so international here.
08:53But you do need to have some sort of like stuff in common, you know?
08:57Your date is at the bar.
08:59Oh, okay.
09:00No, no, no.
09:00You're not going without me.
09:01I'm going with you.
09:02Oh, you're coming.
09:03Sorry.
09:03Too eager.
09:06I feel like I'd be more nervous about what they thought of me than who the person is,
09:11maybe.
09:11Hello.
09:12How are you?
09:13Hello.
09:13Good.
09:14Nice to meet you.
09:14Are we going?
09:15Yeah, I think we're going.
09:16We'll be going.
09:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:17Not too awkward.
09:19Great start to things.
09:20Great to meet you.
09:21You look stunning.
09:21Love the dress.
09:22Thank you so much.
09:22You look at yourself.
09:25How are you feeling?
09:26Feeling good.
09:27I'm a little nervous.
09:28I suppose you'd have to be.
09:30Yeah.
09:30We'll have the cowboy boots as well.
09:32Look at those.
09:32Those are class.
09:34Thank you very much.
09:35And where's that accent from?
09:36I'm from the U.S.
09:37Arizona.
09:38I guess the U.S.
09:39Bringing a bit of culture.
09:41Culture.
09:42Yes.
09:43I freak out.
09:44I get my housemates to say, no, it's fine.
09:46It's normal.
09:47People go on dates all the time.
09:49What do you do?
09:50I'm a student.
09:51A student?
09:52And I work at a restaurant.
09:53What are you studying?
09:54I'm studying creative writing.
09:55Ooh.
09:56Yeah.
09:57A creative.
09:59A creative person, yeah.
10:01How long have you got left?
10:02Until you're...
10:03My thesis is due on Friday.
10:04Due on Friday?
10:06Due on Friday.
10:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:07Thank you very much.
10:07And you're here.
10:09Yes, I'm here.
10:09This actually was making me more stressed than my thesis.
10:12Yeah, I can imagine.
10:13Once I get this out of the way, I'll be like, oh, okay.
10:16That's finished.
10:16Just a thesis now, yeah.
10:20So, how long have you been in...
10:22Ireland.
10:22Oh.
10:23Three years.
10:24What brought you over here?
10:26Love.
10:26To be honest.
10:27Really?
10:28Yeah.
10:28You know, when I first came, it was actually really hard.
10:30Like, I'm not sure how you felt.
10:32When you...
10:33Yeah, it was strange.
10:34Like, for me, like, half my family's in England.
10:36Half of them are here.
10:38Yeah.
10:39About 15 years ago, my dad and step-man moved over here.
10:42Took over a business that my step-mom had.
10:45So, do you work for your dad, then?
10:47No, I, um, I work as a musician.
10:49Wait, cool!
10:50Yeah, yeah.
10:52What do you, like, what do you do?
10:53I'm a singer.
10:54Oh, my God.
10:55Yeah.
10:56You're like, yeah, I know, it's pretty cool.
10:58I grew up in music, so, like, my dad is a guitarist,
11:01and my step-mom is a saxophone player.
11:03So, I kind of had to play music.
11:06When I moved to Ireland, the music scene on the west coast of Ireland
11:09is so good that I just felt at home.
11:12Do you sing in pubs across Galway?
11:14Yeah, yeah, the west coast of Ireland, yeah.
11:16Oh, my God.
11:1760s, 70s stuff, you know, like, Eagles.
11:19Oh, yeah.
11:19Creedence Clearwater, like...
11:21Wait, oh, is that them?
11:21I don't know.
11:23Oh, there we go.
11:25We're getting the voice out now.
11:27Give me a pint and stand, and I'll come.
11:30Would you do Irish tunes, or, like...
11:32Not Irish stuff, especially my accent.
11:34Yeah, I was going to say, they must hate you.
11:37I was like, get off the stage.
11:38That's why they're booing you.
11:45I'm sorry, I never asked your name.
11:48I didn't ask yours.
11:49Mine doesn't matter.
11:50Mine's Zaza.
11:51It is not Zaza.
11:53It is.
11:53It's short for Alexandra, but everyone calls me Zaza.
11:55Everyone calls you Zaza.
11:56Yes.
11:56That.
11:57And I was Zaza before it was a term for weed.
12:01Before it was Zaza.
12:02Just to be clear.
12:03Yeah.
12:03That's good.
12:03I'm the original.
12:04And what's yours?
12:07My name is Said.
12:09Said.
12:10A pleasure to meet you.
12:11Proper...
12:11A handshake now.
12:12We did a hug earlier.
12:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:14We're getting more formal as it goes on.
12:16Exactly.
12:17Will I just send you, like, an invite to, like, a Teams meeting?
12:19Yeah, that's fine.
12:20Yeah.
12:21That sounds good.
12:21Yeah.
12:22I could do anything for a first date.
12:24All that matters is, sort of, getting to know the person.
12:25I could go for a walk.
12:26I could go for a drink.
12:27I like to think I'm very, sort of, flexible and open-minded.
12:31So, what do you do?
12:33I didn't ask that.
12:33What do I do?
12:34I am a pharmacist.
12:36Okay.
12:36So I sell drugs.
12:37Cool.
12:38But, like...
12:39The chill kind.
12:40I really love it.
12:40I love being a pharmacist.
12:42And whereabouts do you live?
12:43I asked you this already today.
12:44You did?
12:45Yeah.
12:45Yeah, no, no, no.
12:46I could piss some people off sometimes.
12:48Or annoy some people with the way I deliver things.
12:50You're from Ranala.
12:52Or you live in Ranala.
12:54And then you are from somewhere else.
12:57That's right.
12:58Okay.
12:59So you're asking me where am I really from?
13:01No.
13:02Nope.
13:02No, no, no, no, no.
13:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
13:05No, it's okay.
13:06Backtrack.
13:07It's okay.
13:07You can ask me that.
13:08I was asking if you were really from Ranala.
13:10Or...
13:11It's Lorgan.
13:12Mostly I piss off my friends.
13:15Because then I'm with whoever they're with that I don't really know that well.
13:19And I'm delivering all these weird lines and saying weird crap to them.
13:22Okay.
13:23So timeline.
13:25Timeline.
13:26Of your life.
13:26Let's do it.
13:26Timeline of my entire life.
13:28Yeah.
13:28Is this another way of asking me where I'm really from?
13:30I'm not asking where you're really from.
13:32You just kind of...
13:33You just kind of did.
13:34You already asked me where I'm really from, so...
13:35I did actually, to be fair.
13:37So...
13:37To be fair.
13:38So I said I'm from Cabra and you said, where are you really from?
13:40Nah, but actually...
13:40You didn't say that.
13:41I was born in a place called Azerbaijan.
13:44Okay.
13:45Know it?
13:46Know of it?
13:47Yeah.
13:47You know of it?
13:49Yes.
13:49Don't we all?
13:50No, we don't.
13:51Okay.
13:51Well, I do.
13:52Okay.
13:52How'd you know it?
13:54From, you know, the maps.
13:57From the maps?
13:58Also, I'm an F1 fan.
14:00There's a...
14:00Are you?
14:01Race there?
14:02Is there?
14:02There's a Grand Prix there.
14:03Okay, yes.
14:04I thought so.
14:05Me and my dad both love Formula 1.
14:07Actually, I liked it first, and then he got into it.
14:09I think he was like, finally she likes the sport.
14:11So, he started watching it too, and now whenever there's a race on, we're like texting each other about it.
14:15We have races there.
14:17Yeah.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:18I'm a race.
14:19You're a race.
14:20Okay, yeah.
14:22So anyway, finally we hear where you're really from.
14:25Finally.
14:27I don't have to ask any more questions around that.
14:29No, just be silent for the rest of the night.
14:30No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
14:39no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
14:39There are two sides to Luciana, and they're both a bit tasty.
14:45If you were a food type, what would you be?
14:50Sweet and sour chicken.
14:52It's sweet, but it's a bit sour, because I could be a little bit of tuna.
15:00I came here for holidays, and then I met my ex.
15:04I started living with him like after two days.
15:07He could have been a serial killer.
15:12I was with him for four years.
15:14And then when I separated, I said, well, I'm going to stay.
15:19Look, look, look, look, look at you.
15:24I, I snapped.
15:26I need to make an entrance.
15:28So what brings you here?
15:30I don't think you need any help of getting a man.
15:33Yeah.
15:34Well, sometimes, you know, someone else that makes the choice for you could be a different perspective.
15:38I want someone, I have to say, honest, that wants to share, that wants to do things with me.
15:45Oh.
15:46If he's hot, wonderful.
15:48And how has dating been in Ireland for you so far?
15:52I mean, not bad, but not that good.
15:57Okay, yeah.
15:57I mean, that's why we are here today, right?
15:59Exactly.
15:59So.
16:00How do you find Irish men?
16:02Ah, ha, ha, ha, that's it.
16:05Oh, they are, they are gorgeous, I have to say.
16:07Some of them, they are very good looking.
16:10However, sometimes a little bit difficult on communication side.
16:15I am quite communicative.
16:16It always seems to work that way.
16:18It's like opposites attracts, you know?
16:19But then it's like we are on a stage that it's like opposites attracts.
16:22Yeah.
16:22This is too opposite.
16:24It's too opposite.
16:24I talk.
16:33Back in Sivis after 20 years in the army, Dara is still doing his bit for the United Nations.
16:40I'm looking for someone who is happy, outgoing and fun.
16:47I'm divorced three years and I've been dating Tinder, dating around.
16:52I had a relationship with a Brazilian woman, a relationship with a Polish woman.
16:57And, you know, I've met a lot of nice people, but I just haven't met, like, the one, I suppose.
17:03Mateo, nice to meet you, Dara.
17:03Yeah, it's a pleasure to meet you.
17:04It's a pleasure to meet you.
17:05Yeah.
17:06Well done, buddy.
17:07I'm just here for romance.
17:09I've got my rose.
17:10I'm looking forward to meeting my date.
17:11Believe me, when I show you your date, you're going to be happy.
17:14If you don't capture this chance, I'm after you.
17:17Okay, I got it.
17:18Let's do it.
17:18Make me proud then.
17:19I will.
17:19I will.
17:20Let's go.
17:21I'm definitely not for everybody, but I'm a chatterbox, so you won't be, like, any awkward silences or anything like
17:26that.
17:27And I think whether, like, we hit it off or not, we'll still have a good date.
17:32Hi.
17:33How are you?
17:34Hi.
17:34Oh, thank you.
17:35That's for you.
17:35Nice to meet you.
17:36Nice to meet you.
17:37How are you?
17:38Good.
17:38Great.
17:39Would you like a drink?
17:39I would love a drink.
17:40I love a whiskey sour.
17:41Whiskey sour coming up.
17:42Nice.
17:43So I like your tattoos.
17:44Look at all those tattoos.
17:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:46That's so nice.
17:47Do you have any tattoos?
17:48I do, yeah.
17:49Like David Bowie, so it's, like, Bowie things related.
17:53Thanks.
17:53And it's, like, yeah.
17:58Um, so, did you travel far?
18:00How did you came here?
18:01Yeah, I just got the bus, so.
18:02Oh, the bus.
18:03Okay.
18:04But, yeah, I came in the Louis.
18:06So you're the same.
18:07It's not that spot afar, yeah.
18:13Are you a little bit, you're a little bit nervous?
18:15Are you happy?
18:15Um, no, no, no.
18:16I haven't been nervous, no.
18:17No, I've, um, I've just been looking forward to it, and, you know, I didn't know what my
18:22date would be, and I was a little bit nervous about that, but now seeing you, I'm very happy,
18:25so.
18:25Oh, okay.
18:26I'm happy.
18:27Yes, good.
18:38And so.
18:41So...
18:51We live on the farm.
18:53In...
18:53Connemara, my family home.
18:55Oh, really?
18:55Yeah, you know it lands, we used to have chickens.
18:57What do you do with them?
18:58Do they lay eggs?
18:59They all died.
19:00They all died?
19:02Why?
19:03That's so sad.
19:03Badger.
19:04Road badger.
19:05What?
19:05A badger ate them.
19:07What's a badger?
19:09You know what a badger is?
19:10Oh.
19:12Never heard of a badger?
19:13No.
19:14You know like a...
19:15How do I explain a badger?
19:18How do I explain a badger?
19:21Do you know like a fox?
19:23Of course I know foxes.
19:24Yeah, it's similar to a fox, but they're like more aggressive.
19:28What's an animal?
19:29I thought it was like car rage or something.
19:30No!
19:30Like a badger.
19:31It's an animal.
19:32I'll show you a badger now.
19:33Okay, okay.
19:46So, what do you do?
19:48I work in like tech industry.
19:50Okay.
19:51Yeah, I do like coding and stuff like that.
19:53Okay.
19:53Well, what do you do?
19:54I work in recruitment.
19:56Procurement.
19:57Recruitment.
19:58Oh, recruitment.
19:59Yeah.
20:02So, but yeah.
20:05How would I know if your date's going well?
20:08I would say like, you know, there'd be like a lot of smiling and eye contact would be good.
20:13Like I've been told sometimes my eye contact isn't very good.
20:16But like I think if I'm like feeling someone I would be looking in their eyes and smiling
20:21and stuff.
20:21So, if you see me doing that, it's probably going well.
20:25Um, tell me something about you.
20:28Well.
20:28Yeah.
20:29We, we're matching for everything.
20:31Um, I'm a like sporty guy.
20:33You know, I like doing sports.
20:35Okay.
20:35Like, you know, I was a boxer for a long time.
20:37Okay.
20:37And then recently in the last year or so, I've started dancing.
20:41I've started doing dancing.
20:41Okay.
20:42What dancing?
20:43Like fojo.
20:44Like Brazilian fojo.
20:46I go to this dance studio like multiple times a week basically.
20:49Which was a big barrier for me by the way.
20:51Yeah.
20:52When you see the people down there, they're really good at like expressing themselves and they
20:55don't care.
20:56Yeah.
20:56It's like liberating.
20:58Yeah.
20:58Yeah.
20:59Like all the same, like feel sexy and dancing and you know, not feel embarrassed about it.
21:03Yeah.
21:09When I was two years old, myself and my parents moved here.
21:12Okay.
21:13Eventually settled down in Dublin.
21:15In Sauron.
21:15In Sauron.
21:16Famously.
21:17Well, see this, this is the thing.
21:19This is the thing.
21:19I say Sauron, but like we move from place to place to place to place to place constantly.
21:24Yeah.
21:24We were put with other asylum seekers in like this old B&B out in Tip.
21:32Then we eventually moved up to Dublin and like it wasn't easy.
21:35Because there really wasn't many immigrants around back then.
21:37The only reason I say Sauron is because my school was there.
21:40Okay.
21:41Yeah.
21:41And we just kept moving around.
21:43Yeah.
21:43Just kept moving around.
21:44Yeah.
21:44It was challenging growing up, but you know, you get on with it.
21:51Went to college in Trinity.
21:53Okay.
21:53Cool.
21:54Yes.
21:54And become pharmacist.
21:55Which you are currently.
21:56Which I currently am.
21:57Yes.
21:58I was working in a pharmacy in Kulak when the Dublin riots broke out.
22:05And I just remember it happening and I remember people coming in and the looks I was getting just felt
22:10different.
22:10And as someone who's like lived in Ireland their entire life, I love Irish culture.
22:17Like if someone asks me where I'm from, I say I'm Irish.
22:20I work hard for this place.
22:21I work hard for its people.
22:24And then to say, no, you don't belong here.
22:27Yeah.
22:28It just doesn't feel great.
22:35Oh wait.
22:36You could bring three dinner guests to this table.
22:39I'm gone because I'd be number one.
22:40But who would the three dinner guests be?
22:44Prince.
22:44Okay.
22:46And I would like to sit down with Bryan Adams.
22:48I saw him live literally two months ago.
22:51He's so good.
22:52He's Canadian.
22:53At the concert he like made everyone like flash.
22:56Really?
22:56And I was like think about it.
22:57I didn't do it because an hour later I was walking and I saw my boss.
23:01But anyways Bryan Adams.
23:02Prince.
23:03And last person.
23:04I thought it was you the last person.
23:06No, no, no.
23:06I said that's a given.
23:07So like I'm gone.
23:09Well I sit down with Gordon Ramsay.
23:11He made this meal.
23:18What's it like to perform?
23:19Like you know say you're not working and you've got a weekend yourself.
23:21You can do anything you want.
23:23Well I do like the same dancing.
23:26I do like heels.
23:28Pole dancing heels.
23:29Oh yeah, yeah.
23:30Very sexy.
23:31I do pole dancing.
23:33I love heels.
23:34I love the heels.
23:37They are like this high.
23:39Eight centimeters.
23:41Very beautiful.
23:43And tell me this.
23:44Tell me this.
23:45Since you've come to Ireland.
23:46Like how's your dating been going?
23:48Well it's not that I date a lot actually.
23:51Well I find it hard to believe.
23:52Like a woman like yourself is single.
23:55Oh well.
23:57I've been in long relationships.
24:00So I've been too long.
24:01Well one long and the other one not that long.
24:04But I ended a relationship was the same day.
24:07I was let go from my job.
24:09Bad timing.
24:10My God.
24:11Well you know when one thing happens everything happens.
24:13Like a range of parts.
24:15Yeah.
24:15It was very tough because it was all the same day.
24:19Like that's life.
24:20Also it's acknowledging right like sometimes maybe it's me.
24:23So that I'm going on the wrong way or doing the wrong thing.
24:27You know like.
24:28I don't know.
24:29Awareness of okay.
24:30It's not only the other person.
24:32Because it's easy to blame the other.
24:33That's the communication thing though isn't it?
24:35Yeah.
24:36Yeah.
24:36So you're just enjoying being single at the moment and.
24:39Oh no.
24:39I was focusing more on myself.
24:41Like.
24:41It's true.
24:42It's important to be happy on your.
24:44By yourself.
24:45Yeah.
24:46But it means.
24:47No one's meant to be on their own either.
24:49You know.
24:56But?
24:56Try as she might.
24:57Fiona just can't seem to go out.
25:00Without attracting police attention.
25:03When we are going out.
25:04We say we are not going to go to coppers.
25:05And then the end of the night always ends up in coppers.
25:10You are not particularly looking for a guard.
25:12Are you?
25:12Well I wouldn't say no to a guard.
25:15I don't think anyone would say no to a guard.
25:18Or if you could find me a rugby player, that would be nice.
25:22Yellow, yellow, yellow is the colour of the summer.
25:25Oh, I'm such a hopeless romantic.
25:27Hello.
25:28I'd love to meet somebody, you know, at a bar or on the street.
25:31That's my ideal way that I'd meet my husband,
25:33but I don't know, in this century, is it going to happen?
25:36You look lovely.
25:37Thank you very much.
25:38I'd like a gentleman, you know, somebody who's not cocky,
25:42can have the crack, but also is, like, really down-to-earth.
25:45Yeah, a lot of yellow, I love it.
25:47Oh, thank you.
25:48I think you have to have a certain personality to pull off yellow.
25:51Do you know what, me last year, like, would never have applied for this.
25:54Really? What changed?
25:55I broke up with my ex, I moved out of home,
25:59I started a new job, and I said, this is just the cherry on top.
26:02I'm just trying to push myself out of my comfort zone.
26:04Good, fair play.
26:06Oh, God, like, what have I done?
26:11There's been Susan and Jacqueline and Karen was one.
26:16Angela's nice-looking.
26:18She's dark and mysterious.
26:20To look at them, you'd never suspect that Tom has a passion for the auto-erotic.
26:27Angela is my most recent car.
26:30All my cars have names, but I just think it suits them better.
26:35Nice to meet you, Tom. Nice to meet you, Tom.
26:36What a nice story, my man.
26:37God.
26:38How are you?
26:38I'm in the easy spot. How are you?
26:40I'm nervous. I'm fine.
26:41What is it that you are looking for?
26:44I want to find the love of my life. I think it's possible.
26:49Hi.
26:51How are you?
26:52Sorry.
26:52Nice to meet you.
26:53Nice to meet you.
26:54What's your name?
26:55Tom.
26:55Tom, Fiona. Nice to meet you.
26:57Where are you from?
26:57Kildare.
26:58Grant, Grant.
26:59Yeah, Kildare, but living in Finglas.
27:00Where are you from?
27:01Kilkenny.
27:02Fab. Yeah, lovely spot.
27:04Did you travel down this morning?
27:05No, I live in Dublin. Do you know Ashtown?
27:08Oh yeah, I live, or I work on the Navin Road.
27:11That's outside my house.
27:12Stop.
27:14What do you do?
27:14I'm a nurse.
27:15No way.
27:16So I work at the minute with adults with intellectual disability,
27:20so I work for a disability service.
27:22I actually love it so much.
27:24I used to do nursing.
27:26Did you?
27:27What type of nursing did you do?
27:28ID.
27:29Stop.
27:30Oh my God.
27:31I was in for a year and then Covid came.
27:33Yeah.
27:33So I couldn't commit to it after that.
27:35So what do you do now?
27:36Uh, in data centres.
27:38My last job, I used to climb, like, radio towers.
27:41Oh my goodness, that's bizarre.
27:43So you go from nursing to like, you know, scaling buildings.
27:47Yeah.
27:48That's bizarre.
27:51Phil.
27:52Okay, how long have you been single?
27:54Like, two and something years.
27:56That's a while.
27:58That's a long time.
27:59That's tough.
28:00I mean, I like, there's been some dating in the middle.
28:02Mmm.
28:03I've been sitting at home, like, you know, twiddling my thumbs, but.
28:06No, that's fair.
28:07Yeah.
28:08What about you?
28:08I've, uh, 24 hours.
28:10Yeah, cool.
28:11Yeah.
28:12Yeah.
28:12Better than three hours.
28:13I kind of knew that this was coming down, so I just broke.
28:15So you were like, let me just.
28:16Quickly just broke up with her.
28:17Cool.
28:18Yeah.
28:18I'll get back with her tomorrow.
28:19Clear the roster.
28:20Yeah.
28:21Clear the roster.
28:22Yeah.
28:23No, no, no.
28:24I've been single for a year and.
28:27A year and change.
28:28A year and change.
28:29Yeah.
28:30All right.
28:31I'd want him to be someone I could have a laugh with, you know, maybe split a bottle
28:34of wine, you know.
28:36Should we get shots?
28:37We could do one shot.
28:39Two shots.
28:42What would you, okay, what shot would you do?
28:43It would be tequila if I was doing a shot.
28:44It would be tequila.
28:45But then also have a serious conversation.
28:47I can trust him.
28:49You know, I want to feel like I really know him.
28:51I have an understanding of him as a person.
28:52And then I think like whatever problems come up, you can deal with them as long as you
28:55have that sort of baseline understanding.
28:57All right.
28:59To a first date.
29:00How do they say cheers in American?
29:01Cheers.
29:03You guys say Sláinte here.
29:04I am fucking with you.
29:05Yes, Sláinte.
29:06Oh, okay.
29:07Sláinte.
29:07It's all a little bit of a relationship.
29:09Mm.
29:11Mine was very salty still.
29:12That was worse than the shot.
29:13Yeah, I know.
29:18I literally look at all of my best mates.
29:20They've all been in relationships.
29:21Yeah.
29:22And I'm not.
29:23And here we are.
29:24And here we are, yeah.
29:26Have you had like a relationship before?
29:27Yeah, yeah, yeah, like we were together for about three years, um, lived together and
29:32that and it just didn't work out, like, I kind of realized towards the end of it,
29:37We weren't really suited, and I'm not one of those kind of people who just want to stay in something
29:42because you feel like it's the right thing to do, you know, so yeah, I want to play.
29:45Good for you, it's hard.
29:46Yeah.
29:47It wasn't right, we weren't right for each other, but I still loved her, so it was kind of, it
29:50still hurt a lot, you know.
29:52And then, I'm just not great at, like, online dating.
29:57Oh, it's awful here, isn't it?
29:58Online dating back home, you match with someone, and 80% of the time they'll write you
30:06and at least say hello or come up with a pick-up line, whereas, like, on dating apps here, like,
30:10I mask people, and I'm like, it's a ghost town.
30:12I've downloaded it a few times for, like, just to see, but I've never gone on an online date.
30:18I'm not as confident as you think I am.
30:20I am.
30:20No, no, no.
30:21I'm surprised by how you're not confident. I feel like being a musician, you kind of have to be.
30:25When you're singing and you're playing music, it's like, you can hide behind it.
30:29Back home, we're very direct, so, like, if we like something, we say it. If we don't like something, totally
30:34fine, we say it, and we move on.
30:35For me, personally, if I like someone, I'll say it.
30:38But I brought my friend, Meg, who was visiting me from Canada to Galway.
30:41And we went to a few pubs, we went to one with live music, and it was really, really nice.
30:44It was you that was playing. Who knows?
30:47That's why it was so nice.
30:48Imagine.
30:48Oh, my God, that guy's so hot.
30:49Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:51And now we're here, I'm like, like, damn, I've seen him, I know his voice.
31:01I can't believe you're only working on the Navon Road.
31:03That's bizarre.
31:05My residents, like, we go out driving every day, so, like, I'd be driving down the Navon Road in, like,
31:09this big red bus.
31:10Oh, I've definitely seen a big red bus.
31:13Oh, my God, you definitely see me, like, driving the bus. That's so embarrassing.
31:16I used to love the bus. Get everyone out for a spin.
31:20Yeah.
31:21You build such big relationships with your residents, and it's very much about integrating them into community life,
31:27and promoting independence for them.
31:29You can see the difference it's making in their life, so it's really nice to see.
31:34So what does your parents do?
31:36Mum was an ID nurse.
31:38No way.
31:40Oh, my God, it's meant to be.
31:43And my dad was a guard.
31:45I actually wanted to ask him before, like, did you meet in coppers?
31:50I think they were weird and got married, like, in a shopping centre.
31:54What was the reason?
31:55I don't know.
31:56I think they just wanted to have fun.
31:58I love that.
31:59Oh, my God, like, don't stick with the norm.
32:02Who needs a church?
32:04How do you feel about, like, the whole, like, traditional marriage thing?
32:08I don't know.
32:11Hi.
32:12Do you have anything?
32:14No, I like to believe I have, like, guardian angels.
32:18It's a bit comforting, but I wouldn't be, like, a big God guy.
32:22Yeah, that's lovely.
32:23I feel like I'm on the fence about it.
32:25Some days I do, and some days I don't.
32:28I think it's more of a comfort thing.
32:30Like, I want comfort in knowing that there's something else afterwards.
32:39I was over in Spain last week, actually.
32:41Oh, really?
32:41Yeah.
32:42Where did you go?
32:42Eh, salute.
32:43Okay.
32:44Yeah.
32:45I have two kids.
32:46Okay.
32:47My daughter's just going ten.
32:49So you have a girl, ten, and a boy?
32:50A girl and a boy.
32:51Yeah, and a boy seven.
32:53Okay.
32:54Like, last year at the Disneyland.
32:56Oh, really?
32:56Yeah, every year I just bring them somewhere, like, you know.
32:59It's like spoiling them.
33:00They're having the best time at this point.
33:02That's what you have to do.
33:03Yeah, it's their childhood, basically.
33:05They're going to have childhood memories and stuff like that.
33:06Yeah.
33:08I'd go without the kids.
33:09I love it.
33:09Oh, really?
33:10Do you like roller coasters?
33:12No.
33:12No, I can't.
33:13No, I don't want to suffer.
33:17Maybe I'm just a bit of a kid.
33:18I don't know.
33:22Dates by myself.
33:23That sounded so bad, though.
33:25Right.
33:26Would you ever go for, like, solar dinners?
33:28Or, like, solo, like, lunches?
33:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
33:30I think a lot of people nowadays have a bit of a problem with it.
33:33Yeah.
33:33They think they have to be with someone.
33:35Yeah.
33:35I've kind of gone through that stage now of, like, doing that all by myself.
33:38I think when you're single, like, 50% of the time, you're like, this is great.
33:42Out of the weekends and that, it's fine then, but it's when it hits, like, the Monday mornings
33:46or the Monday evenings and, like, you're by yourself.
33:49But now it would be more nice to, like, have someone to do it with.
33:52And not go by yourself all the time.
33:53Yeah.
33:53Because I probably am starting to look a little bit like a loser.
33:56You know when you meet people and you're like, there's energy there, but you don't want
34:00to make a move because then what if they're actually not into you and they're just being
34:04nice?
34:05It's just a minefield.
34:07I'm going to sweat the honesty as well.
34:08I've got it.
34:09Are you sure?
34:10I've loved my time.
34:11It's all good.
34:11That's really sweet.
34:15Yeah.
34:15Moment of truth.
34:17Would you like to see each other again romantically?
34:22Ladies first or what me?
34:24I can go first.
34:25Yeah.
34:25I'd love to.
34:26Yeah.
34:27I'd love to.
34:27Yeah.
34:29Yeah.
34:30I thought we were going really well.
34:31Yeah.
34:31It was really fun.
34:32Really good fun.
34:33So what did you ask for tonight?
34:34Somebody who's, like, chatty, likes music, nice person.
34:38How about you?
34:41I asked.
34:42Oh, my God.
34:43No.
34:44What is this?
34:45This is.
34:46I had a massive laugh.
34:48I think you did.
34:48This is my dream man.
34:50I like someone who is a family man.
34:53Yeah.
34:54Someone who's confident.
34:55But I think you're very confident.
34:57Even though you're like, I don't know.
34:58Should've plucked the belly and should've left.
35:02Really nice smile.
35:04You have a great smile.
35:04Yeah.
35:06That was so fun, wasn't it?
35:07That was great.
35:09And who is Owen?
35:10Owen is the old Mariah.
35:12Oh.
35:15Goodbye, Owen.
35:16Hello, Connor.
35:17Yeah.
35:22What's happening with the hair?
35:24I'd like to see you draw me.
35:25I would love to.
35:26I'd love to see you draw the hair.
35:26I would love to.
35:30Will you keep-
35:37Thank you ladies.
35:38All the best.
35:41Hello.
35:42Hi.
35:43How are you?
35:44Good.
35:45How are you more importantly?
35:46Oh my God.
35:47He's so nice.
35:49Is he?
35:49Yeah.
35:50Yeah.
35:50He studied a year as an intellectual disability nurse.
35:53No way.
35:54And his mother is an intellectual disability nurse.
35:56the dinners I know I don't know though is he my tie he does stuff with cables I
36:08think I don't really understand his job
36:14do you like Dublin city I think it's wonderful can't like 10 million habitants
36:20where I'm from in just city zone only what a sire I sell me more yeah now here
36:25for me there's no yeah yeah yeah I love it here we're gonna change so much now like
36:31you know in the 80s 90s people used to leave Ireland you know because there's
36:35no jobs here oh yeah that's why there's Irish are like immigrants all over the
36:38world you know but now people are coming here because you know there's
36:41opportunities here and I think it's like a better all the different nationalities
36:45the I think it's great I like that too that that mix of cultures and doesn't
36:50matter where you know you go like Irish people itself are very welcoming I I
36:56remember when I arrived and I went to a pub first time I was on my own there was a
37:01group of people there they see me on my own it's all join us for drinks and they
37:04start getting drowns and I was like I thought that was very nice right it's the
37:10place that makes you feel part of so for me I needed that feeling of belonging and
37:14and I got it here in Ireland cool it's good here hmm I love just like a plain
37:22cheesecake that's nice yeah you've been to the cheese have you ever been to the US
37:26I've actually never been to the States okay that's okay no rush no I'll wait
37:30until they're less racist over there and hopefully it goes eventually the less
37:35racist route it might it's currently it's going the other way it's going very
37:38much so the other way yeah racister more more racister but to be fair I have
37:43family over in the US in DC mm-hmm so I was born there actually you want to see
37:50yeah well like the suburbs in Virginia suburbs but like I'd want to know we
37:55were kind of aligned politically hopefully religion doesn't matter to me
37:58as much I'd be more flexible about what would be like your dream job that's an
38:03interesting question as a writer there's none there's no jobs oh sorry yes
38:06you're a writer yeah so you will never be employed you know I like my restaurant
38:10job but I don't think I gotta want to be in a restaurant forever working at a
38:14restaurant is great inspiration for writing because so many different
38:16people come in you know you hear something and you're like no if I could
38:20just like be a writer and survive that would be ideal that's what I was gonna
38:23ask yeah do you read or both my parents are writers so lots of books in our house so
38:32they definitely supported me being a writer they might have supported me less if I
38:35want to be a doctor or something it's like the opposite favorite book ever
38:40never let me go by Kazuma Ishiguro you know you're pulling out some niche stuff
38:46not it's so fair it's really not that niche I hate to say I actually think it's not that niche
38:51all right you hear that now you're just making me look stupid my mom had a brain tumor for about
38:57eight months before she passed away she always loved everything I did that was even like kind of out
39:02there she like she was so supportive and me moving to Ireland she was the one who was like
39:07you should absolutely do it you know repeat the name of the book never let me go never let me
39:12go
39:12by Kazuma Ishiguro they're clones but it's a sad book oh that's the one where they like use their
39:21bits and other people's bits I have heard of this yeah their bits are for sale their bits are for
39:27sale
39:28yeah they put the bits and the other bits and then and then they die the client oh yeah yeah
39:32I'm
39:33already in years like maybe I'd read anything was shit now oh yeah sometimes you do need to
39:38revisit the same place to figure out how much you've changed wow it's very touching
39:48so I'm now an auntie really he's only four days old he's growing by the minute it's so new as
39:59well
39:59like yeah like he's really new he's precious yeah he's gorgeous like so is your brother no my sister
40:06so it's just me my sister and my mom at home so yeah he's gonna grow and be like Jesus
40:10Christ I'm
40:11surrounded by women oh it's like for me I have three sisters they definitely were in charge of
40:17the house but I would still get away with everything and still be the favorite so you get it I
40:23kind of
40:23do yeah nope oh my god I love him so much like I literally love him like he's my own
40:29child I can't I
40:31can't wait there's no there's no pregnancies yet yeah I actually cannot wait family is like huge to me
40:39I'd be terrified of having kids but because I'm too young for it now but it's something that I'd like
40:44I can't wait for I suppose like it's the milestones isn't it like because it was only my mom and
40:50me
40:50like obviously you go through these milestones and being like god like I wish my dad was there
40:55um what happens with your dad if you don't mind me asking so when I was I think I was
41:0112 he had a
41:02stroke um and my mom found him and he was rushed to hospital and then he was in ICU for
41:10a long time
41:10and then he went to rehab for a few months he lost the power of his right arm and his
41:15left leg but they
41:17got him to be able to put himself in a wheelchair and they got him his speech back not completely
41:23but
41:24he never got the capacity back his brain capacity um so he ended up in a nursing home and then
41:30he
41:30passed away when I was 17 it's tough that's really tough it's tough but like what you're so resilient
41:35when you're younger like you kind of just go into overdrive when you're that young you don't even think
41:39about it but when you stop when you're older and you're like god like that actually has really shaped
41:44me as a person you know it's tough but like now that there's a baby involved you're kind of like
41:49god
41:49like this is life you know yeah and did you like speaking English before you came to Ireland like
42:00oh yeah yeah because your English is like perfect thank you do you speak Irish well we learned at
42:06school yeah like but I I haven't I don't speak regularly but I'm okay yeah but I'm okay it's like
42:13the people that say oh I speak Spanish and they say oh I get that I don't have a bit
42:17of a conversation
42:17okay let's say like um couldn't start to tell you okay Dara's I'm done it's my long I'm on
42:28on day I'm data at the date maybe in this day I'm enjoying this day okay that's good that's important
42:34we're here to have fun that's the important thing yeah oh thank you I'm gonna get that by the way
42:41oh no
42:41we could share we could share yeah no we're not gonna argue with the live television but really
42:46I've known that I'd like it I know I know but I want to get it please let me okay
42:50first impression
42:53I thought she looked amazing and getting chatting to her she seemed really nice did you fancy her
43:06so would you guys like to see each other again romantically I can go first I think as a friend
43:16yes but I think romantically maybe not I mean I have a lovely date I have a lovely time but
43:22I don't
43:22think there was that spark maybe but yeah yeah I'd love it like like I would have said it would
43:28have been a yes for me but so that's fine I pretty respect that and you know you gotta have
43:34that spark
43:35and stuff like that yeah yeah but I have a great time thank you so much thank you very much
43:40pleasure
43:40to have you great to have you both thanks again we try to get along lovely but yeah it was
43:46something
43:46missing on that conversation right oh he pays yeah oh I always would do that anyway so I don't know
43:54but I always I know you wanted to but no I wanted to pay for it honestly safe home have
44:00a great night
44:01thank you I didn't feel there was any awkward moments for me there definitely wasn't I definitely
44:06enjoyed just kind of getting to know her and chatting you know and I had a really nice time
44:21yeah are you sure we can go splitsies I can get it you get the next one I felt relaxed
44:27I felt chilled
44:28out I hope that she did as well perfect thank you very much all good thanks all good lovely he
44:36was
44:36very funny and very nice like it was very easy to talk to him like very personable after you oh
44:43oh any jackets mine is just over there the one with the black one with the orange inside
44:49here we are again best of luck all the best now yes straight ahead straight ahead would you like to
44:59see each other again romantically yeah I'm not sure I think no that's fair enough sorry I had a lovely
45:12time though oh good we had a great chat no I think we had a really good yeah I was
45:15laughing you should
45:16be a stand-up comedian sorry right so this is this is the end did you have a lovely I
45:24actually I did
45:24oh right you made me feel very calm and like relaxed and I really appreciate that yeah good it was
45:29a
45:29lovely time it was actually yeah the initial thing was more friendly for sure and we will
45:35pleasure stay in touch we'll stay in touch yeah do you crack it or what do you do I think
45:42we're
45:42yeah we're supposed to crack it it's actually really good are you happy yeah happy with the day yeah
45:58I'm very confident I'm gonna say yes what I was gonna say now I don't I've been panicking so much
46:09um I'm just I've taken your words away let's go Hobbs are you sure okay okay yeah something you're
46:26saying no I didn't say that okay so what do you guys like to see each other again romantically
46:39oh yeah yeah I read yeah yeah yes do you want to just do it down the middle yeah yeah
46:50perfect
46:51she's just really really pretty um oh my god yeah we got on really well I said to the girls
46:57today I
46:58was like my husband is somewhere getting ready like he's talking to his friends it's talking to his
47:01family he's nervous so do you fancy each other yeah yeah I think there's potential there yeah yeah I do
47:20three sisters which is like you know tick tick tick so it's good like he's really nice what do you
47:28like about each other you were very passionate about your family that's it's like really passionate
47:33about like it makes it's it's nice to hear someone talking about it I like he's half a nurse and
47:40I'm a
47:40so like he's obviously very caring so we'll get on well
47:45you