The Traitors Ireland series 2
2026 series of The Traitors Ireland
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The second series of The Traitors Ireland was first broadcast on RTÉ One on 30 August 2026.[1] The series concluded on 22 September 2026 where Anna Murphy and Diego Caixeta won as Faithfuls, while Pauric O'Meara placed as a runner-up, as a Traitor.[2]
Presented bySiobhán McSweeney
No. of contestants23
WinnersAnna Murphy
Diego Caixeta
Diego Caixeta
Runner-upPauric O'Meara
| The Traitors Ireland | |
|---|---|
| Series 2 | |
Promotional poster | |
| Presented by | Siobhán McSweeney |
| No. of contestants | 23 |
| Winners | Anna Murphy Diego Caixeta |
| Runner-up | Pauric O'Meara |
| Location | Slane Castle, Slane, County Meath, Ireland |
| Companion show | The Traitors Ireland: Uncloaked |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTÉ One |
| Original release | 30 August – 22 September 2026 |
| Series chronology | |
Format
Over twenty contestants arrive at a castle in Meath where they will spend their entire time for the duration of the game. On the arrival day, host Siobhán McSweeney picks at least three contestants to be called "Traitors" and the rest are automatically called "Faithful".
At the end of each day, all contestants meet at a Round Table to discuss who they think are Traitors. They then cast votes that are revealed one by one. The person with the most votes reveals their identity and is immediately banished. On most nights, the Traitors meet in private and agree to "murder" one Faithful who leaves the game immediately. The remaining Faithful only know who has been murdered at breakfast next morning.
Each day, the group participates in missions to win money for the prize fund which can reach up to €50,000 by the end of the game. During the missions, any contestant may separately win a shield that awards that player immunity from being murdered, but not from being banished. In some cases, the contestant has the right or ability not to disclose if they won the shield, or to tell a restricted group.
If during the game the number of Traitors drops to two, they are given the option to "seduce" or recruit a Faithful to join them instead of murdering. Seduced Faithfuls may decline and can decide whether to tell the other Faithfuls of the attempted seduction. If only one Traitor remains, the seduction happens as a face-to-face ultimatum; if the player declines they are immediately murdered, and if they accept the pair can immediately murder another Faithful.
Contestants
Contestants were revealed on 30 August 2026, shortly before the premiere of the series.[3] In a minor twist, Diego Caixeta and Denis Ryan had a pre-existing relationship as they were married before competing in the series.
| Contestant | Age | Residence | Occupation | Affiliation | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Wigglesworth | 42 | Dublin | Vocal Coach | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 2) |
| Edelle McDaid | 44 | Culdaff | Software Operations Lead | Traitor[a] | Banished (Episode 2) |
| Laura Howard | 39 | Fermoy | Regional Sales Manager | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 3) |
| Sean Adair | 59 | Claremorris | Emergency Management Officer | Faithful | Banished (Episode 3) |
| Saoirse Joyce | 29 | Galway | HR Specialist | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 4) |
| Fionula Linehan | 61 | Ballyphehane | Actor and Drama Teacher | Traitor | Banished (Episode 4) |
| Páraic Kerrigan | 33 | Maynooth | Assistant Professor | Traitor | Banished (Episode 5) |
| Denis Ryan | 39 | Cork | Writer/Psychotherapist | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 6) |
| Gráinne McGarry | 59 | Knocknahur | Horse Riding Instructor | Faithful | Withdrew (Episode 6) |
| Aoife Meehan | 28 | Dublin | Trainee Fashion Buyer | Traitor[b] | Banished (Episode 6) |
| Sam Omukoro | 28 | Athlone | IT Support Analyst | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 7) |
| David Moran | 45 | Dublin | Stay-at-home Dad | Faithful | Banished (Episode 7) |
| Seán Cooke | 33 | Carlow | Call Centre Trainer | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 8) |
| Donal Casey | 24 | Leitrim | Teacher | Faithful | Banished (Episode 8) |
| Janet Takuz | 35 | Rathmines | Concept Designer | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 9) |
| DJ O'Sullivan | 39 | Newmarket | Car Salesman | Faithful | Banished (Episode 9) |
| Ian Kelly | 34 | Dublin | Civil Servant | Faithful | Banished (Episode 10) |
| Kayleigh Mooney | 33 | Dublin | Teacher | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 11) |
| Pete O'Flynn | 43 | Passage West | Irish Defence Forces | Faithful | Banished (Episode 11) |
| Carla Geary | 27 | Ballymun | Early Years Educator | Traitor | Banished (Episode 12) |
| Pauric O’Meara | 31 | Borrisokane | Musician | Traitor[c] | Banished (Episode 12) |
| Anna Murphy | 27 | Dublin | Postal Worker | Faithful | Winner (Episode 12) |
| Diego Caixeta | 40 | Cork | Physician Associate | Faithful | Winner (Episode 12) |
- Notes
Elimination history
- Key
- The contestant was a Faithful
- The contestant was a Traitor
- The contestant was murdered by the traitors
- The contestant was banished at the round table
- The contestant withdrew from the show
| Episode | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traitors' Decision |
Edelle[a] | Denis Emma Kayleigh |
Emma[a] | Laura | Saoirse |
|
Aoife[b] | Denis | Pauric O.[c] | Sam | Seán C. | Janet[d] | Anna[e] | Kayleigh | None | |||||||||
| Recruit | Shortlist[a] | Murder | Death Row[f] | Blackmail | Murder | Blackmail | Murder | Dagger | Murder | |||||||||||||||
| Shield | Denis Diego |
Carla Denis Diego Janet Páraic K. Pauric O. Pete Sam Seán C. |
David | Ian Janet |
DJ | Diego | Pete | None | ||||||||||||||||
| Banishment | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Tie | Tie | Donal | DJ | Ian | Tie | Pete | Tie | Tie | Tie | Carla | |||||||
| Vote | 12–8–2 | 17–3 | 13–3– 1–1 |
15–1–1 | 13–1 | 10–1–1 | 3–3–3–1 | 3–3–1 | 6–2 | 6–2 | 5–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2[g] | |||||||
| Anna | DJ | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Diego | Carla | Donal | DJ | Ian[e] | Carla | Carla | Carla | No vote |
No vote |
No vote | |||||||
| Diego | DJ | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | Janet | Donal | Donal | Donal | DJ | Ian | Pete | Pete | Carla | Carla | Carla | Carla[g] | |||||||
| Pauric O. | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Kayleigh | Kayleigh | Donal | DJ | Anna | Anna | Pete | Anna | Anna | Anna | No vote | |||||||
| Carla | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Kayleigh | No vote |
No vote |
DJ | Pete | Pete | No vote |
Anna | No vote |
No vote |
No vote | |||||||
| Pete | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Carla | Donal | Donal | DJ | Ian | Carla | No vote |
Banished (Episode 11) | ||||||||||
| Kayleigh | Pauric O. | Donal | Aoife | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Donal | No vote |
Donal | Pete | Ian | Murdered (Episode 11) | ||||||||||||
| Ian | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Carla | Carla | Carla | DJ | Pete | Banished (Episode 10) | ||||||||||||
| DJ | Edelle | Sean A. | Aoife | Aoife | Aoife | David | Donal | Donal | Donal | Pete | Banished (Episode 9) | |||||||||||||
| Janet | DJ | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Carla | Carla | Carla | Murdered (Episode 9) | ||||||||||||||
| Donal | DJ | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Kayleigh | No vote |
No vote |
Banished (Episode 8) | ||||||||||||||
| Seán C. | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | David | Murdered (Episode 8) | |||||||||||||||||
| David | Edelle | Donal | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | Pete | Banished (Episode 7) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sam | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Aoife | Murdered (Episode 7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aoife | Pauric O. | Sean A. | Donal | Páraic K. | Carla | Banished (Episode 6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gráinne | Edelle | Sean A. | Aoife | Páraic K. | Withdrew (Episode 6) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denis | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Páraic K. | Murdered (Episode 6) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Páraic K. | Edelle | Sean A. | Fionula | Donal | Banished (Episode 5) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fionula | DJ | Sean A. | Sam | Banished (Episode 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saoirse | DJ | Sean A. | Murdered (Episode 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sean A. | DJ | Donal | Banished (Episode 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Laura | Edelle | Murdered (Episode 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edelle | DJ | Banished (Episode 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emma | Murdered (Episode 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
End game
| Episode | 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | Banish | Pauric O. | Game Over Faithfuls Win | ||
| Vote | 3–0 | 2–1 | |||
| Anna | Banish | Pauric O. | Winners | ||
| Diego | Banish | Pauric O. | |||
| Pauric O. | Banish | Anna | Banished | ||
- Notes
- During the first episode, the Traitors were tasked to recruit one faithful to join them in the Conclave. This new Traitor would have the sole choice on who to murder from the shortlist provided by the Traitors. They chose Edelle to recruit, who chose to Emma to murder.
- Following Páraic K.’s banishment, Carla was allowed to give a Faithful an ultimatum: become a Traitor or be Murdered. She chose Aoife, who accepted the offer.
- Following Aoife’s banishment, Carla was allowed to give a Faithful an ultimatum: become a Traitor or be Murdered. She chose Pauric O., who accepted the offer.
- After the Round Table in Episode 8, the Traitors were tasked to murder someone in plain sight, The Traitors murdered Janet, However, the curse did not work immediately, so Janet was present at breakfast the next morning. The players were told that the victim would succumb to the curse at the end of the mission.
- The Traitors selected Anna to be awarded The Dagger, making her vote count twice at the round table.
- Instead of selecting one Faithful to be murdered, the Traitors were asked to put six players on death row. The next night, only these players would be at risk of elimination.
- As Anna and Carla remained tied, Diego and Pauric O. were presented with two chests, only one of which contained a dagger. The player who selected the chest with a dagger was granted two votes for whoever they banish. Diego received the dagger and banished Carla.
Missions
| Episode | Task description | Time limit | Money earned | Money available | Running total | Shield winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Players must carry seven large stone slabs across a hilly course to a sacred circle and assemble them into an ancient Irish dolmen within 30 minutes. At various points along the route, players can sacrifice themselves and be shackled in place to claim a dolmen piece or a bag of money. Anyone inside the sacred circle when the fire is lit would be immune from murder. | 30 minutes | €5,500 | €6,500 | €5,500 | None |
| 2 | Each player picked a partner. They would dance around the hay chairs while the music played. When the music stopped the players could look for money or shields in the hay bales or sit down on the hay chairs. Players could only bank money if they sat on the hay chairs. Each round a hay chair was removed. There were four shields available. There were two hidden in the hay bales and two were awarded to the winning pair in the musical chairs. | No time limit | €1,400 | €4,000 | €6,900 | Denis |
| Diego | ||||||
| 3 | A player was selected before the mission started and would have 20 minutes to follow a map to free the other players from coffins. Coffins were scattered around the castle grounds in groups of four or five. Those saved from the coffins would join the searcher in finding the other players. Only a limited number of players could be let out from each group of coffins. The players at the end not in coffins would be awarded a shield and contribute €500 to the prize pot if they returned to the starting location. | 20 minutes | €4,000 | €4,000 | €10,900 | Carla |
| Denis | ||||||
| Diego | ||||||
| Janet | ||||||
| Páraic K. | ||||||
| Pauric O. | ||||||
| Pete | ||||||
| Sam | ||||||
| Seán C. | ||||||
| 4 | The players split into groups of three, with sheep running around the field, each tagged with the name of one of the players. The teams must identify the sheep on their ‘wanted’ poster and guess its correct name. For every correctly identified sheep, there’s an extra €1,000 into the prize fund. Each team must nominate one team member to try earn a shield for themselves. | No time limit | €2,000 | €3,000 | €12,900 | David |
| 5 | The Traitors have put six players on death row in pairs: Denis and DJ, Donal and Sam, and Ian and Janet. The remaining players must choose one pair they want to save from death row. They will then compete in a quiz as Gaeilge, and those who get the answers right will earn money for their chosen pair. The pair with the most money at the end of the game will be saved from death row. | €4,500 | €4,500 | €17,400 | Ian | |
| Janet | ||||||
| 6 | €2,900 | €3,000 | €20,550 | DJ | ||
| 7 | €1,800 | €3,500 | €22,350 | Diego | ||
| 8 | The players were blindfolded and taken to a hay shed, where they found themselves handcuffed beneath voodoo dolls bearing their names. They had to retrieve keys using magnets, free themselves and stab a doll to collect money, with the final untouched doll earning its player a shield. | €2,500 | €2,500 | €24,850 | Pete | |
| 9 | €2,000 | €2,000 | €26,850 | None | ||
| 10 | €4,000 | €6,000 | €30,850 | |||
| 11 | €5,000 | €6,000 | €35,850 | |||
| 12 | €10,000 | €10,000 | €45,850 |
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date [4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 30 August 2026 |
| 14 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 31 August 2026 |
| 15 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 1 September 2026 |
| 16 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 6 September 2026 |
| 17 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 7 September 2026 |
| 18 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 8 September 2026 |
| 19 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 13 September 2026 |
| 20 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 14 September 2026 |
| 21 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 15 September 2026 |
| 22 | 10 | "Episode 10" | 20 September 2026 |
| 23 | 11 | "Episode 11" | 21 September 2026 |
| 24 | 12 | "Episode 12" | 22 September 2026 |