Then Siobhan McSweeney arrived with her wolfhounds and decreed: “Let the games begin.” Now the Traitors Ireland is the talk of the nation and its stars are household names. And Paudie - especially Paudie, the Limerick prison officer who became the unofficial first citizen of Ireland, our favourite person on the box. READ MORE: Traitors Ireland final build-up and LIVE updatesWe’ve seen parts of their personalities even they didn’t know existed. RTE caught lightning in a bottle with this inspired version of the hit reality game show. Though there’s a UK and US Traitors, neither really caught on here in a big way.