DONEGAL woman Edelle McDaid was eliminated from The Traitors Ireland last night.
She was voted out at the first roundtable discussion of the series, where she then revealed herself to be a traitor to the other contestants.
Edelle (44) is from Glengad and works as a Software Operations Lead at Cora Systems in Leitrim. The mum-of-three entered Slane Castle as a faithful with 22 other contestants.
However, traitors Fionula, Carla and Páraic K chose Edelle to join them as a fourth secret traitor.
Suspicion over Edelle arose after host Siobhán McSweeney secretly picked the traitors in the first episode. Despite not being chosen, other contestants pointed out that Edelle started drinking from her glass of water after everyone removed their blindfolds.
‘No regrets’
Taking to social media after last night’s episode aired, Edelle said: “Apparently drinking copious amounts of water was suspicious behaviour. In my defence… I was thirsty.
“I may have been banished, but at least I leave hydrated, moisturised and with absolutely no regrets.
“Thank you to everyone who supported me, suspected me, defended me, shouted at the TV about me and, most importantly, counted every glass of water I drank!”
The Traitors Ireland centres around a cast of “faithfuls” and “traitors”. Each day, contestants take part in group challenges to build the prize pot of up to €50,000.
A roundtable discussion takes place every evening with the aim of uncovering and banishing a traitor.
The traitors are also able to eliminate faithfuls as they meet up in secret each night and choose who will be “murdered”.
Last year’s winners were Kelley Higgins from Letterkenny, Oyin Adeyemi from Dublin and Vanessa Ogbonna from Waterford.
The Traitors Ireland continues every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. Siobhán McSweeney returns as host of the series.