Eilis O'Hanlon on Billion Dollar Playground: ‘Rarely has there been a more vivid example of what Marx and Engels were on about'
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The Irish Sun
14-07-2025
- The Irish Sun
Reality stars reveal they're moving in together a year after meeting and falling in love on hit show
A COUPLE who found love on a reality TV show are gearing up for the next step in their relationship. The loved-up duo fell for each other while starring on the E4 dating Advertisement 6 Sadie Bass is moving in with her Love Triangle boyfriend Danny Credit: Tiktok 6 Danny Andrews has admitted he's 'very much in love' and 'she is the one' Credit: Tiktok Danny Andrews - aka the - and content creator Sadie Bass are moving in together. Sadie posted the cute video of them sealing the deal and both shaking hands on a TikTok post. Fans commented: "Never been so happy to see someone 'twist' on a dating show so Danny could meet you. Congratulations." Advertisement Read more A second wrote: "Lovely couple. Loved watching you two together." A third penned, with regards to his love of fish: "It's almost fate, with your last name." "This makes me so happy you two are still together," praised another. "Yes! Ah, cuties," agreed a further follower. Advertisement Most read in Reality Earlier this year, Danny shared a video of their TV dating journey on social media and wrote: "Met on a reality TV show but now planning on moving in together... "Seven months later we are now boyfriend and girlfriend and very much in love and she is the one." First Dates man shocks viewers when he reveals he is the famous 'fish and a rice cake guy' He continued: "Love Triangle is the last dating show I ever do and it's not because I have already done them all and the only one left is Undateables. No, it's because I have met my soul mate!! "I honestly thought this experience would be a bit of fun and exposure for my rice cakes. I never thought in a million years I would be lucky enough to meet @sadiebass_ ... Advertisement "I have finally found the fish to my rice cake." Love Triangle sees six singletons (the pickers) who text two potential lovers and then have to pick one for a blind date. Viewers watch contestants meet for the first time after exchanging flirty texts, before moving in together and learning more about one another. Some of the couples on the show were introduced to a third person (Sadie, in Danny's case). Advertisement At the end of the series the picker has to choose who they want to be with out of the love triangle. The show first launched in Australia and was developed by the people behind Married At First Sight. Danny first appeared on the BBC Three documentary Baby Faced Bodybuilders back in 2006 when he was a young 17-year-old. He instantly became a meme after he revealed his methods for staying in tip-top shape, including an extreme diet of fish and rice cakes. Advertisement When asked about his diet, Danny replied: "Eight o'clock in the morning, I'll have fish and a rice cake. At 10 o'clock, I'll have fish. At 12 o'clock, I'll have fish and a rice cake…" 6 Content creator Sadie posted the video sharing the good news with followers Credit: Tiktok 6 The viral 'fish and rice cake' guy has found love on the E4 reality show Credit: Tiktok 6 The couple fell for each other during dating show Love Triangle Credit: Instagram Advertisement 6 The duo are setting up home together and have been on their first holiday Credit: Instagram
Irish Independent
10-07-2025
- Irish Independent
Eilis O'Hanlon on Billion Dollar Playground: ‘Rarely has there been a more vivid example of what Marx and Engels were on about'
Spare a thought for People Before Profit. They've spent years trying to get the masses to rise up against capitalism, and all to no avail. If only they had realised the best way to do it is not to deliver sleep-inducing speeches about the iniquities of the class system, but to make everybody watch BBC Three's new reality show Billion Dollar Playground (BBC Three, Monday, 9pm) instead.
The Journal
17-06-2025
- The Journal
'Shame on this government': Raise the Roof housing protest takes place outside Leinster House
LAST UPDATE | 39 mins ago HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE have gathered for a rally outside Leinster House this evening calling for urgent government action on the housing crisis. The 'Raise the Roof' protest on Molesworth Street was coordinated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, which has described the crisis as 'the greatest political failure of our time'. The protest is supported by most opposition parties. People Before Profit's Paul Murphy says today's Raise the Roof housing protest outside the Dáil has to be a launchpad for further action. 'We cannot wait for the next election, we cannot wait until there are 20,000 homeless people.' @thejournal_ie — Jane Matthews (@janeematthews) June 17, 2025 Flags for the opposition parties, as well as a number of trade union groups, could be seen among the crowd this afternoon. A number of opposition leaders and TDs addressed the crowd, including Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, Labour leader Ivana Bacik, Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne and People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, who arrived back in Ireland from Egypt earlier today . People gather outside Leinster House today for the protest Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo The rally is timed to coincide with a private members' motion tabled by opposition parties in the Dáil, which calls for emergency action on the housing and homelessness crisis – including increased investment in public housing, action to protect private renters, and a reintroduction of the ban on no-fault evictions. Advertisement The protest also featured speeches and performances by folk singer Lisa O'Neill, punk singer Meryl Streek, writer and artist Veronica Dyas, folk singers Jimi Cullen and Martin Leahy. Musician Meryl Streek kicked off the protest with a performance of his song about the housing crisis 'If This is Life' #RaisetheRoof @thejournal_ie — Jane Matthews (@janeematthews) June 17, 2025 Speaking at the protest, Mary Lou McDonald said: 'We are here because we are sick and tired of the housing emergency.' 'Look to the hostels and the B&Bs in this city and beyond and what do you see? Children who in their childhood call a hostel or a B&B home. Shameful. 'I grew up in the 1980s and this city was poor, we battled with a drug epidemic, with poverty, with mass emigration, with unemployment. 'But I tell you, we didn't see the like of that. 'I never thought that I could feel so much shame here in this city that I love when people are sleeping in doorways and in tents and on the banks of canals, and somehow that has been normalised. Shame. Shame on a government that normalises homelessness at that scale,' she said. The protest comes shortly after opposition TDs accused the government of implementing changes that will lead to rent hikes for tenants . Mary Lou McDonald told Taoiseach Micheál Martin that incoming changes to the rental sector will be a 'blueprint to boost the profit of the big boys and to screw over renters'. Ivana Bacik also asked Martin when the government will 'take political responsibility for the housing crisis', and said that Labour does not support a 'hollowed out version' of Rent Pressure Zones 'that offer no real protections for renters.' With reporting from Jane Matthews Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
