Cork garda Nikki looking for love on First Dates 

No-nonsense Cork garda Nikki has grown tired of men asking if she has ‘brought her handcuffs’ - so she is looking for some originality and an arresting encounter on First Dates Ireland next week.

The 40-year-old, who is motorcycle mad, has no expectations apart from saying she hopes her date doesn’t hail from Donegal!

She is therefore delighted to hook up with fellow biker Emmett, 42, from Mullingar, in the episode on RTÉ2 on Thursday at 9.35pm.

Nikki says she is looking for someone to ‘ground’ her, and care assistant Emmett admits to smiling ‘like a Cheshire cat’ if he’s attracted to a girl. But will they get each other’s motor running?

Also in First Dates Ireland, Doyle, 30, from Dublin, returns to the restaurant bringing so much sexy back, he’s a potential fire hazard.

Looking for someone just as ‘hot as himself’, Doyle meets Brazilian marketing executive Enisio, 36, also from Dublin – fresh from a week-long gay cruise.

Doyle says he has entered his ‘closed legs’ era, but, as these two mirror-image, jacked-up, muscle-top wearing hotties come together, how long will that last?

Keen to express himself and his unique style beyond the conservative confines of his home town, Elliott, 26, from Laois, meets fellow Midlander, Bria, 25, from Offaly, who once did the Camino to ‘find herself’ but returned empty-handed.

With a tendency to overthink her dates, chatterbox Bria has already imagined every possible disaster. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

Emma, 21, from Limerick, pairs up with James, also 21, from Louth, who doesn’t drink coffee because he has ‘enough energy as it is’ .

Emma tends to go for ‘the loudest guy in the room’ - preferably with the confidence to rock a ’tache - so will James be the one?