It seems you will be seeing Stephen Ireland on Celebrity Bainisteoir this year

RTE’s annual GAA reality show looks set to feature Stephen Ireland, as his gilfriend Jessica Lawlor is rumoured to be one of this year’s Celebrity Bainisteoirs.

Celebrity Bainisteoir is one of RTE’s home grown successes. A fifth series of the show was always on the cards and while it won’t be hitting our screens for a while, some of the details are starting to leak out.

The bit of news that caught our eye today was the Irish Daily Star report that Stephen Ireland, and his other half Jessica Lawlor, were spotted at a match at DCU on Friday, a game that was being filmed for the show. While many of us would love to see the Aston Villa man give a team talk, it seems it’s his other half who will be running one of this year’s teams.

As the well-known WAG is from Cork, we guess that her team will be from that neck of the woods. As for Stephen, he may well have to spend the summer finding a new club, if rumours are to be believed, so we may not see too much of him but the producers are not going to let him escape without a quick interview or two for the show.

As for the other contestants, the speculated list includes Calum Best, Brian Ormond, Pippa O’Connor and Roz Purcell. Will you be tuning in?