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STORIES TO SET PULSES RACING...

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Fair enough: The cast of Carrigstow­n are off our screens for the moment, but how might their stories play out when the RTÉ soap returns? Alan Caulfield has some ideas

Paul Brennan’s latest affair is interrupte­d by the virus crisis. The love-rat sneaks out, breaking the lockdown for a tryst with Fiona. But when stopped at a checkpoint he starts giving a garda lip, and spends a night in the cells at close quarters with a suspected corona carrier.

With a hefty insurance bill to be paid, McCoy’s decide to let locals into the bar, in breach of social distancing rules.

When an all-night session ensues, barmaid Jane is forced to break up a scrap between

Cristiano and his boyfriend Will, which started with a row over whether they should drink a bottle of gin or use it as hand sanitiser.

In a shock turnaround worthy of Dallas, Lorraine Molloy returns in dramatic fashion, 20 years after everybody thought she had been killed by a hurricane on honeymoon. But if Lorraine is still alive, who is in her grave? In a case of product placement after decades away former Boyzone singer and Tyreland founder Keith Duffy is back as garage owner James ‘Ringo’ Leyden, who likes to perform karaoke. The Doyle children return to throw their father Bela a surprise party, but are shocked to find him celebratin­g already,.

 ??  ?? LOCKDOWN LUST: Fiona and Paul break safety guidelines. Jim Bartley, below, as Bela Doyle, enjoying a newspaper.
LOCKDOWN LUST: Fiona and Paul break safety guidelines. Jim Bartley, below, as Bela Doyle, enjoying a newspaper.
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