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The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
RTE star looks ‘beautiful' as she wraps up filming for brand new season of hit show in France and issues callout
RTE star Maggie Molloy has sent her fans wild as she shared a post hinting at the return of a viewer favourite show. The popular reality series sees the guru take on her annual quest to find reasonably priced homes on the European market. 3 Maggie confirmed she's wrapped filming the latest season of Cheap European Homes Credit: Instagram 3 Delighted fans rejoiced in her comment section Credit: Instagram Maggie took to her Instagram today to share an exciting update with fans. Posing for a quick selfie, the TV star confirmed she had just wrapped her last day of filming for a new series of Cheap European Homes. The show sees Maggie and comedian Kevin McGahern travel across helping house-hunters to find a place of their own on the continent, for a fraction of the price. For her post to social media, Maggie grinned widely after a day of house-hunting on the continent. read more cheap European homes She donned a stunning red sundress with a deep cut V-neckline to beat the current heatwave. In another snap, the TV host could barely contain her excitement as she posed for a quick photo on the farm. Sharing the images with fans, she teased: "Final house is almost done. Nearly time to come back home! How's the weather looking, lads? xx." Friends and fans flocked to the presenter's comment section to gush over the fabulous news. Most read in News TV Dee gushed: "Love your dress." Patricia commented: "I'm also in France in the very south and it's 35 degrees today. Looking good, Maggie." RTE stars left shocked as guest reveals secret ingredient in 99 ice creams Shane said: "Dress is gorgeous on you, Maggie, when are you back on TV?" Ahead of the most recent season landing on our screens last March, Maggie sat down with The Irish Sun to discuss some of the magnificent homes she comes across while filming. The property guru said: "We've been to "There's some great value up in Northern Italy, and the people who are on the show are always shocked what their money can get them." TOP TV Reflecting on the Talking about the price of homes abroad, the 'But I think the European one just gives us a little bit of hope that maybe, look, worst case scenario, you can always go here. The last thing we want is people leaving Ireland. We're not trying to encourage that. 'But I think there's still this thing in people to just even own something, just something that's their own, and we have lots of people on the show who just wanted to look a bit further afield for that.' 3 The most recent season of the show aired in March Credit: Reuters
Irish Examiner
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
TV review: A middle-of-the-road travel show wrapped in property porn — and it works
There are two good shows hidden in Cheap European Homes (RTÉ Player). It can feel like they are getting in each other's way. It's been out for a while, on its second season. This is Ireland's answer to A Place in the Sun, where British people visit a remote Spanish village on holidays and decide to go and live there. It works because at some point in our lives, we've all decided happiness is a seaside village that's stone dead for nine months of the year. It's a middle-of-the-road travel show wrapped in property porn, and it works. Maybe it's an RTÉ thing, but the producers have decided to add in a comedian as a co-presenter. So Maggie Molloy — who presented Cheap Irish Homes — is joined by Kevin McGahern as a cultural ambassador, which means he goes out and does the dull travel show bits. While a Cork father and daughter look at places on the Algarve, Kevin is out sampling Portuguese 'fado' folk music and learning how to cook a local seafood speciality. The idea is he's checking out everyday life in Portugal, but if someone moves to Ireland they're not going to spend their time watching Riverdance and preparing coddle. And if they are, I feel sorry for them. Stephen and Cassie: I loved Stephen in episode four, Kevin is a telly natural, proper funny, but he's wasted here with the geography teacher chores. He's at his best when he meets up with Irish ex-pats living in the target areas. There's John, an affable tour guide in episode one, talking about a village he moved to 15 years ago. Back on the Algarve in episode four, Kevin brings Stephen from Cork to play football with a gang of Irish ex-pats, and a beer afterwards. There is a great show here, where Kevin goes out across Europe to catch up with middle-Ireland ex-pats. They should split it off and leave Maggie Molloy to deal with the property hunters. Retired prison officer Michelle was great in episode one, a sassy warm woman who wanted to open a caravan park on the Costa del Sol with her partner. I also loved Stephen in episode four, the chief financial officer in search of value on the Algarve. He was very 'come off it boy' when they told him that a 'cheap European home' in the area would cost him €350,000. I didn't like Cheap European Homes at first. The voiceovers are over-loaded with estate agent fluff and I couldn't figure out why Kevin McGahern was learning how to dance flamenco. But it grew on me and now I'm a fan. Give it a watch. Read More Scary Éire: Why Irish horror films are having a moment
