Irish Apprentice Watch – Week 3 – The one with “do you want fries with that”

Week three review by Ian Walsh

After 2 wins by the girls at team Pheonix and 2 men fired, its time for a bit of a mix up this week a mixture of guys and girls on each team. Exciting stuff ! Avril steps up to the mark to lead team Phoenix and Shane for team Dynamo. With the teams and project managers in place, the task is revealed to be managing a branch of Supermacs : O’Connell Street (Dublin) and Eyre Square (Galway). The objective of the task : maximise profit.

Any logical person would say ‘oh without a doubt the O’Connell Street branch will win’, but that wasn’t the case at all. Team Phoenix were very, very poor and lost by almost €1000. They were literally like headless chickens and had no master plan. Team Dynamo put some effort in and had Galway celebs on hand to create some buzz in the form of county hurler Joe Canning & the Galway Rose. Paddy O’ Dea gave a motivational speech to the staff in Galway at the start of the day, and it was they who were the real stars.

In the boardroom it proved to be third time unlucky for Ronan as he was fired for his poor performance. Bill gave Avril a chance because she was a ‘warrior’ and fought. They were all infected with the phrase. The word hasn’t been used so much since Braveheart was filmed. At the end of the shakedown, Ronan became the third candidate and the third male to be fired. This was one of my favourite episodes so far in the series.

There was a great quote from Fiona Looney in the Daily Mail – ‘If there’s a ballroom dancing task anytime soon, the girls are in trouble’.