| Genre: | Reality |
| Narrated: | Peter Campion |
| Country: | Republic of Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 11 (as of 2026) |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Company: | Coco Content |
| Channel: | RTÉ2 |
| Last Aired: | present |
First Dates Ireland[1] [2] is the Irish version of the international reality television series First Dates.
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.
| Role | Cast of First Dates[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||||
| Mateo Saina | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alice Marr | Waitress | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Ungless | Waiter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ethan Miles | Barman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Neil Kenna | Barman | ||||||||||||||||||
Due to its success[2] the series has been renewed every year since its inception in 2016.
