Number One In Google Search

It’s great to see that The Apprentice Ireland Blog is, for now at least, ranked number one by Google for the search term “The Apprentice Ireland”.
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UK Apprentice Lee Throws Sickie On First Day

THE winner of BBC show The Apprentice has infuriated his new boss Alan Sugar by calling in sick — on his first day.

Winning contestant, Lee McQueen, was due to start work yesterday for the tycoon but was a no-show.

A source at the show said: “This will make Sir Alan really cross because he hates being let down. Lee was really keen to start work but he felt he wasn’t up for it and had to stay at home.” Read more

Sir Alan Sugar Steps Down From Amstrad

Sir Alan Sugar has stepped down as chairman of Amstrad but insists that he is not retiring.

The entrepreneur and self-made multi-millionaire has become known as the boardroom chairman in BBC reality TV show The Apprentice.

Amstrad was sold to BSkyB in 2007 and the 61-year-old will now continue to be involved with his numerous other business interests. Read more

Got Something To Say?

Have you got something to say about the new Irish series of The Apprentice coming soon to TV3? Check out our brand new Apprentice Ireland forum and join in the discussion.
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Can Bill Cullen Match Alan Sugar’s Apprentice?

TV3 is wasting no time on its Apprentice project. However, at the risk of being hauled up for rehashing last week’s news, it’s hard not to obsess a bit about the chances of a hit series being made out of an Irish version of this show.

This extraordinary format has the power to pull in viewers like few others can manage, but it relies on one key factor - a ruthless character like Alan Sugar to call the shots.

In this respect, TV3 can hardly have found Sugar’s match in man-of-the-people Bill Cullen. Read more