Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>It was one hell of a first day for Killarney jockey Oisin Murphy &#8211; during the first episode of RTÉ&#8217;s Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week &#8211; The Professionals on Wednesday night.</h3>
The Ballyhar man &#8211; known as Number 8 on the gruelling special forces selection course &#8211; seemed unprepared for challenges and strict instructions from Chief Instructors Ray Goggins, Alan O’Brien, Ger Reidy and Robert Stafford &#8211; all known as DS &#8211; who claimed he had &#8220;an attitude&#8221;.
Oisin, who completed a tough sea swim at the start of the programme, explained early on to the camera how he thinks he is &#8220;pretty resilient&#8221; but doesn&#8217;t like &#8220;being told what to do&#8221;. However, later during the show viewers saw how one DS picked up Oisin&#8217;s bottle of aftershave and sprayed it on him multiple times, put social media influencer Tdhg Fleming&#8217;s boxers on his head and also told him to put on his sunglasses and woolly hat.
DS Robert Stafford screamed &#8220;stop staring at me&#8221; and slated the 27-year-old in front of his fellow competitors calling him &#8220;Mr Attitude&#8221; also asking him &#8220;are we going clubbing, are we?&#8221;.
Later speaking on camera, the DS explained why they focused in on Oisin, who is one of 20 well known faces on the popular TV show which will air once a week for a total of seven weeks.
&#8220;A lot about selection is months and months of training and physically and mentally preparing yourself for something like this and he wasn&#8217;t prepared for any of those things,&#8221; Robert Stafford said.
Viewers watched at the end of Episode One as Oisin was hauled in front of all four DS blindfolded as they grilled him on his attitude.
&#8220;I got a nice slap to the head while sat in the truck with the head thing on!&#8221; Oisin told the Killarney Advertiser this week.
&#8220;That was a nice wake up call. It was full on and relentless! I found the swimming very difficult.&#8221;
Viewers will have to wait until next Wednesday night at 9.30pm to see how he gets on.

Oisin under pressure during first Hell Week episode

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