RTE Fair City viewers were all left saying the same thing after Mairead and Dean were caught kissing.
Tonight, Tommy tried to wriggle out of Emma’s double date plans.
Mairead was thrown when Tommy revealed that Dean had connected with his blind date over socials.
Emma put pressure on Orla about the missing bag, subtly letting her know she was wise to her and Kira’s antics.
A jealous Mairead was offish with Dean. Dean confronted Mairead and she gave into her desires.
Mairead and Dean were horrified when Renee caught them kissing.
Dean tried to quell Mairead’s fear that Renee would spill their secret.
Renee accused Dean of taking advantage of a vulnerable Mairead.
RTE viewers were all talking about the sticky situation on X.
One fan said: “I’d run after Renee before the whole of Carrigstown knows.”
Ciara wrote: “Does anyone knock anymore?”
Pamela commented: “That put a damper on the love nest.”
Sinead remarked: “Oh dear, oh dear. Get ready for a 15 minute lecture from Renee.”
Elsewhere, Kira and Orla tried to throw a suspicious Melanie off the scent.
Orla was relieved when Alex helped her track down the buyer, but they wanted to negotiate a higher price.
Kira fumed at having to take a financial hit over Orla’s mess.
Kira was relieved to have shut Emma down, but her stress about the auction persisted.
Meanwhile, Erica felt the pressure when Dolores piled on more responsibility at the salon.
Erica coached Georgie on their story for Doug.
Erica rejected Sharon’s suggestion that she should come clean to Doug.
Sharon reluctantly agreed to help a stressed Erica out with her course.
Georgie sowed a seed of doubt in Doug’s mind regarding the proposal.
Erica struggled to get the hang of payroll despite Sharon’s best efforts.
Georgie was concerned when Doug decided to go ahead with the proposal and ordered another ring.
Also in tonight’s episode, Renee was quietly confident the manager’s job was hers.
Jacinta took a dislike to Ellie. Jacinta tried to convince Greg to go for the manager’s position.
Ellie persuaded Mairead to look over Renee’s cv.
Jacinta’s curiosity was piqued when Cass referenced Ellie’s troubled past.
Jacinta filled Greg’s head with gossip about Ellie. Renee reeled when she discovered that Greg had decided to run for manager as well.
FORMER EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison has revealed how the cast of the hit BBC soap will figure out they’re being axed.
Cheryl, 60, played the iconic role of Heather Trott who was the former best friend of Shirley Carter, the mother of George Trott, and huge George Michael fan.
Joining the soap in 2007, Heather was originally a guest character but soon became a key character in the soap.
But after five years of residing in Walford, Heather was murdered by Ben Mitchell in 2012 – with fans still up in arms over her exit to this day.
And now, after the soap’s 40th anniversary celebrations that saw Martin Fowler get killed off during the live episode last week – Heather star Cheryl has spoken out.
Revealing what signs she spotted before she was axed from the soap, Cheryl has gotten candid in a new chat.
Speaking to Daily Star, Cheryl shared how she had predicted her axing before it happened.
“I had a feeling it might be coming,” she told the paper.
She explained how they would usually go and see the producers regularly to discuss their character’s storylines over the coming weeks.
“We’d always joke that either you’re going up to talk about your storyline, or you’re part of the culling,” she revealed.
She then recalled: “But that particular week, as Friday approached, I hadn’t had a meeting, and neither had Linda [who played the role of Shirley Carter].”
Because she hadn’t had a meeting with the producer, Cheryl thought that a big storyline for Heather might be looming.
And she was right.
“At the time, Brian Kirkwood was the producer, and when I walked in, he looked visibly upset. I had an inkling of what was coming,” she said.
“He asked me to sit down, and I knew straight away it wasn’t going to be anything exciting.
“He explained that the higher-ups—the Powers That Be—had decided they wanted to explore Shirley dealing with grief, which meant Heather was going to die,” Cheryl revealed.
With the 40th anniversary of EastEnders coming up, fans are looking forward to some more incredible cameos from iconic faces of Walford's past. But who have we had so far?
Tracy-Ann Oberman – Oberman returned as Chrissie Watts, a character she last played nearly two decades ago.
Paul Bradley – Bradley returned as Nigel Bates, a character he last played over 25 years ago.
Micheal French – French returned as David Wicks, a character he last played two decades ago.
Patsy Palmer – Palmer returned as Bianca Jackson, a character she last played in 2019.
Ricky Groves – Groves returned as Garry Hobbs, a character who has not been seen since 2009.
Cliff Parisi – Parisi returned as Minty Peterson, a character who was last seen on the square in 2010.
Ross Kemp – Kemp has returned to play Grant Mitchell, a character he first played in 1990. The BBC has described Kemp’s storyline as “explosive”. Kemp said it was an “absolute honour” to return to the show.
Other aspects of the EastEnders 40th anniversary celebration include: A wedding between fan favorites, A huge explosion at the Queen Vic, and A live interactive episode.
This comes after Cheryl told how she was forced to claim benefits and turn to a food bank for help after leaving the soap in 2012.
Opening up on her current financial situation to The Sun last week, the actress said: “My health is good, but my finances will take a long time to recover.
“Until I have steady work, I’m not rich or comfortable—I’m just surviving.
“I’ve been saying yes to everything for no money, but I need to start valuing my work and asking for fair pay. Even my agent insists on it.”
She went on: “Still, I’ll never give in. I want to keep singing. If people criticise me for singing in small restaurants, so be it.
“At the end of the day, I’m an entertainer. Community has always been important to me, and I’ll perform no matter the crowd.
“If only two people show up, I don’t care—I’m still being paid, and I’ll still give it my all.”
The actress added defiantly: “No one should be judged for trying to get back on their feet. One thing isn’t better than another—we all have our paths. I will always sing my heart out and I’m working my way back up.”
SHANE WALSH is loving football’s new rules after blowing Donegal away in Salthill.
Walsh starred as Galway romped home against the reigning Ulster champions – and kicked FOUR two-pointers as they raced into a 0-17 to 0-1 half time lead.
The wind caused chaos, and Galway took full advantage to all but kill the game at the break as Walsh fired over from outside the arc three times and once from a free.
Two-point scores from Mathhew Tierney, Rob Finnerty and stopper Conor Flaherty left Donegal with a mountain to climb, ending their three-game winning streak.
And Walsh was all smiles as his 0-11 haul fired them top of division 1 after four rounds, and says the new rules have given the game a new lease of life.
He said: “I love it. It is great. It is back to the skills of the game. You are seeing a lot more lads go one-on-one, seeing lads side-stepping and taking shots on.
“For me growing up that is what I believe football is all about and got you playing. That is why I love it. Keep feeding off that, because that is what we want to see.
“I think everyone was saying the last couple of years the game was getting so boring to watch. You didn’t really see the skills, just a lot of sideways stuff.
“Now you are really seeing the skills. I suppose some players are more comfortable than others but other players just have to adapt.
“The two point arc is obviously a great thing, it allows us to shoot more. Back in the years, it has been about percentage shots whereas now it is, have a go. We’ll take it.”
Galway were in complete control at the break as Donegal struggled to move the ball up the pitch against the gale and lacked intensity.
They clawed back some of the deficit thanks to Daire Ó Baoill’s doubles from outside the arc, but a comeback was never on the cards – even though the hosts went down to 14 on the stroke of half time.
Matthew Tierney was shown a straight red when he came in late on Hugh McFadden, and his dismissal meant Galway were allowed to keep two players in the Donegal half as opposed to three under the new rules.
That number was reduced to one when Daniel O’Flaherty was black carded 10 minutes after the restart for his late hit on Ciaran Thompson.
The visitors made a stab of it when Peadar Mogan got the ninth orange flag of the day but it was too little too late.
Galway defender Finian O Laoi was also black carded in the 63rd minute when he dragged Mark Curran to the ground, but Donegal failed to make their two-man advantage count.
Boss Jim McGuinness had no complaints about the result, but slammed the rules as “farcical” for taking the sting out of red and black cards ahead of their round 5 clash with Derry on Sunday.
He said: “Galway had a man sent off on two black cards and they had one man up and we had to leave three men back. That to me seems farcical.
“I don’t know what to say about that to be honest with you. That’s a non-intended consequence on the extreme side of things.
“But anyway, it made not one difference to the game that Galway had a man sent off and two black cards.
“It didn’t make a jot of a difference to the game because they were able to attack the way they were attacking up to that point. That’s definitely something that would certainly need to be looked at.
“The conditions were really, really challenging. We didn’t adapt as well as Galway did to it. Obviously Shane Walsh, I don’t know what many he finished with.
“But he did adapt very well to the conditions and had a couple of moments of brilliance as well into the breeze.
“That free kick with the left foot off the ground was a brilliant moment as well. So yeah, listen, good bit of learning for us today.”
GALWAY: C Flaherty 0-2, 1tp; J McGrath, S Fitzgerald, D O’Flaherty 0-1; D McHugh, S Fitzgerald, L Silke 0-1; C Hernon, J Maher 0-1; C Sweeney, S O’Neill, C Darcy; R Finnerty 0-3, 1tpf, M Tierney 0-2, 1tp, S Walsh 0-11, 3 tp, 2f, 1tpf.
Subs: C Gleeson for Flaherty HT, F O Laoi for O’Neill 44, J Glynn for Fitzgerald 44, S Mulkerrin for Hernon 51, M Thompson for Finnerty 61,
DONEGAL: S Patton; M Curran, B McCole, P Mogan 0-2, 1tp; E McHugh, C McGonagle, C Moore; H McFadden, D Mac Giolla Bhríde; O Doherty, D Ó Baoill 0-6, 2tp, J Brennan, O Gallen 0-1, C O’Donnell 0-2, 1f, S O’Donnell 0-1.
Subs: E Ban Gallagher for E McHugh HT, C Thompson 0-2 for MacGiolla Bhride HT, N O’Donnell for Doherty HT, C McGuinness for Brennan 57, J McKelvey for McFadden 57