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johndaman66

Strazdas wrote: »

Tessa seems to be the smallest of the younger actresses, maybe your height

And possibly the most bland of them too which is probably an achievement in itself.

Galwayguy35

This debt collecter fella adds a bit of life to it, hope this story runs for a bit.

No talk of Charlie at all, surely they will have an exit storyline for the character?

Hatshepsut

I hope Tessa is planning on recycling all those cans from the party - looked like she was tossing everything into the same black bag. I thought she was supposed to be an eco warrior.

Galwayguy35

Erica is a clingy headwreck, Darragh should be running for the hills

freshpopcorn

Sunday 18th

Darragh tells Erica he needs some time out. Hayley has a plan to get Darragh and Erica back together, and a mystery biker throws a brick through the Collins' window.

Tuesday 20th

When Aidan turns the tables on Sharon, she demands to meet his boss - and is shocked to discover it is someone from her own past. Nora and Carol clash over the Collins family.

Wednesday 21st

Will's attempt to paint Damien as a cheat backfires, and Cristiano is called away to help a friend in Madrid. Meanwhile, Mairead insists on getting a separation agreement.

Thursday 22nd

Aaron suggests that Phoebe should stay over when his parents are away - but she is daunted by the idea. Will reels in anger from the contents of a solicitor's letter.

MsWesterosi

Ma Collins is a selfish feckin' eejit! All this debt drama had its roots with her and her desire to get her paws on Bela's house by hook or by crook.

What sort of parent would expect their adult kids - who should be independent and living their own lives - to live in their new gaff with them (or in Hayley's case, move in) just so as that they can raise the cash by any and all means necessary, in order to meet the mortgage repayments?

And it's not as if Bela's place is anything special (''dream house'' - my a*se). If Ma and Da Collins couldn't afford it on their own incomes, then they should have forgotten about it and looked for a place within their budget!

flower girl 101

Haha Sean pulls a Sickie from work, then goes drinking where he was supposed to be working

Hatshepsut

Fiona really is the wicked witch of the East, manipulating poor Ruth like that so she can get her out of the way and head on 5star breaks and eat a few Michelin dinners. I really hope her plot fails miserably, Ruth is such a little cutie and one of the best actors on the show.

jos28

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Sunday 18th

Darragh tells Erica he needs some time out. Hayley has a plan to get Darragh and Erica back together, and a mystery biker throws a brick through the Collins' window.

Tuesday 20th

When Aidan turns the tables on Sharon, she demands to meet his boss - and is shocked to discover it is someone from her own past. Nora and Carol clash over the Collins family.

Wednesday 21st

Will's attempt to paint Damien as a cheat backfires, and Cristiano is called away to help a friend in Madrid. Meanwhile, Mairead insists on getting a separation agreement.

Thursday 22nd

Aaron suggests that Phoebe should stay over when his parents are away - but she is daunted by the idea. Will reels in anger from the contents of a solicitor's letter.

Cheers FP, that sounds good.
The Collins house buying story is daft. 2 parents with full time jobs, one of them in the Public service expect their adult children to help them save a deposit
How are they supposed to lead their own lives. Darragh meets Erica, gets engaged within weeks and with no prospects. Most couples who decide to make a life together start saving but no poor Darragh has to hand his entire wages over to his Mammy. Stupid storyline.

JP Liz V1

branie2 wrote: »

The boarding school storyline starts tomorrow

Good I hope Tessa will fit in

freshpopcorn

jos28 wrote: »

Cheers FP, that sounds good.
The Collins house buying story is daft. 2 parents with full time jobs, one of them in the Public service expect their adult children to help them save a deposit
How are they supposed to lead their own lives. Darragh meets Erica, gets engaged within weeks and with no prospects. Most couples who decide to make a life together start saving but no poor Darragh has to hand his entire wages over to his Mammy. Stupid storyline.

It's just so confusing.
They bank would want to see consistent saving over a period not just people making random lodgements since February.
It's just a terrible story you'd swear they were living in the area for years with the attachment Sharon has to the area!

Sparko

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It's just so confusing.
They bank would want to see consistent saving over a period not just people making random lodgements since February.
It's just a terrible story you'd swear they were living in the area for years with the attachment Sharon has to the area!

And is Erica expecting to move in with them all after the wedding? Sharing a room with her husband to be and Lee? The kind of thing an engaged couple might talk about. Maybe they have actually but the two of them are so dull and devoid of any chemistry that I tend to drift off when they're on screen.

Mena Mitty

MsWesterosi wrote: »

Ma Collins is a selfish feckin' eejit! All this debt drama had its roots with her and her desire to get her paws on Bela's house by hook or by crook.

What sort of parent would expect their adult kids - who should be independent and living their own lives - to live in their new gaff with them (or in Hayley's case, move in) just so as that they can raise the cash by any and all means necessary, in order to meet the mortgage repayments?

And it's not as if Bela's place is anything special (''dream house'' - my a*se). If Ma and Da Collins couldn't afford it on their own incomes, then they should have forgotten about it and looked for a place within their budget!

Back when Fair city started up, my friend and I used to call it Corporation Street.
How come there are no Corporation (Council/Social housing) houses in Carrickstown ?

Would the Collins' have lived in Social housing in Darndale and if so why didn't they look for a transfer.

This wanting to buy a house at this stage in their life when they have their family reared seems a mad idea.

Whatever about Hayley being independent and doing something with her life, the two brothers are being mollycoddled by the mother....some Tuesday nights I think I can see the actual 'apron strings'

freshpopcorn

Another observation but I may be wrong.
How many bedrooms has Bella's house?
I got the impression upstairs there was Sharon's and Anto room, Lee's room and Darragh's room.(The lads always sement to have gone upstairs when they were going to bed/etc.)
So when Hayley moved back in the lads had to share.

However hadn't they the room down stairs converted for Rita?

threetrees

I thought Tessa was sitting down or something, the height difference between herself and Dearbhla is huge.

OMG Fiona's huge pink bow, it was hilarious!

She's a great manipulator, this boarding school story really paints her as the wicked stepmother.

threetrees

Victoria Smurfit wants to play Mondo's mother, mmmmm wasn't that Angela O'Connell who died suddenly?

Someone should tell her!

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/4441570/victoria-smurfit-rte-fair-city-role-mondo-mother/

Hatshepsut

threetrees wrote: »

Victoria Smurfit wants to play Mondo's mother, mmmmm wasn't that Angela O'Connell who died suddenly?

Someone should tell her!

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/4441570/victoria-smurfit-rte-fair-city-role-mondo-mother/

I saw that yesterday actually and thought to myself- if she was a proper fan (like ourselves on this thread) or had done any bit of research before she opened her gob she'd have known Mondo's poor Mam died a while back.
Besides Ray & Victoria Smurfit as a couple...Ray prefers more down to earth honest to God type women. She'd be more Louis Gleeson's type.

freshpopcorn

threetrees wrote: »

Victoria Smurfit wants to play Mondo's mother, mmmmm wasn't that Angela O'Connell who died suddenly?

Someone should tell her!

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/4441570/victoria-smurfit-rte-fair-city-role-mondo-mother/

I think she could play one of Fiona's friends from boarding school!

threetrees

Hatshepsut wrote: »

I saw that yesterday actually and thought to myself- if she was a proper fan (like ourselves on this thread) or had done any bit of research before she opened her gob she'd have known Mondo's poor Mam died a while back.
Besides Ray & Victoria Smurfit as a couple...Ray prefers more down to earth honest to God type women. She'd be more Louis Gleeson's type.

Yes, I actually thought Victoria Smurfit was in it previously as Louie Gleesons wife but a search tells me that was Vivienne Connolly.

Perhaps Victoria and Vivienne could both be Fiona's boarding school besties.

Johnnythefox4

Will someone please tell Lee to stop sticking his tongue into his lower lip when he's trying to show emotion. He does whether he's thinking,worried or crying

Also why was streetwise Caddle handing Lee two grand without knowing jack **** about what his "investment" was

jos28

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Another observation but I may be wrong.
How many bedrooms has Bella's house?
I got the impression upstairs there was Sharon's and Anto room, Lee's room and Darragh's room.(The lads always sement to have gone upstairs when they were going to bed/etc.)
So when Hayley moved back in the lads had to share.

However hadn't they the room down stairs converted for Rita?

Ah yes, I remember the room with Rita and the bell.
Where did that disappear to ?

Niall_76

Johnnythefox4 wrote: »

Will someone please tell Lee to stop sticking his tongue into his lower lip when he's trying to show emotion. He does whether he's thinking,worried or crying

Also why was streetwise Caddle handing Lee two grand without knowing jack **** about what his "investment" was

If Carol was so worried about Lee she should’ve given him the cash to pay off the debt and have him pay her back over time.

At least he went out and got a job as a milkman. Better late than never

JP Liz V1

bubbles o hara wrote: »

I think Brows Dillon must also be very tall, she seems taller than a lot of the actors in her scenes. I'm 5'2" and I get neck strain looking up at my hubby and the lads at work.

The actress who plays Dearbhla Brows Dillon is a model, she has a spread in the latest Stellar magazine

Strazdas

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The actress who plays Dearbhla Brows Dillon is a model, she has a spread in the latest Stellar magazine

I find her quite attractive btw. I'm no fan of the brows, but overall she has a lot going for her.

CollyFlower

I dunno but I think Brows Dillon looks like she's carrying too much weight.

Strazdas

CollyFlower wrote: »

I dunno but I think Brows Dillon looks like she's carrying too much weight.

Dearbhla? She's tall and slim in my book

CollyFlower

Strazdas wrote: »

Dearbhla? She's tall and slim in my book

Yeah she is tall and slim, I don't mean Fat, I mean she's hunched over as if she's carrying weight.

Naggdefy

I think Dearbhla (new actress) is good looking, if she sorted out those eyebrows very fine!

Strazdas

Naggdefy wrote: »

I think Dearbhla (new actress) is good looking, if she sorted out those eyebrows very fine!

Indeed, she's one of the best looking women on the show, I find her very attractive. Ditch the eyebrows though

donkeykong5

Naggdefy wrote: »

I think Dearbhla (new actress) is good looking, if she sorted out those eyebrows very fine!

Haven't seen you post for ages. Welcome back.

JP Liz V1

Isn't natural heavy brows in ala Cara D

I hate the fake drawn on Love Island/GS/Towie brows

freshpopcorn

We've a new arrival on Tuesday night. Tina kellegher will play Ger Lynch

Sharon's long list sister.

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/4452391/snapper-star-tina-kellegher-fair-city/

JP Liz V1

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We've a new arrival on Tuesday night. Tina kellegher will play Ger Lynch

Sharon's long list sister.

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/4452391/snapper-star-tina-kellegher-fair-city/

Connected to Aiden?

I can see Sharon Curley and Sharon Collins as sisters

Strazdas

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Isn't natural heavy brows in ala Cara D

I hate the fake drawn on Love Island/GS/Towie brows

Yes, artificial ones are not nice.

As for Dearbhla, she's clearly very comfortable with her image so good luck to her

Naggdefy

donkeykong5 wrote: »

Haven't seen you post for ages. Welcome back.

Thank you! Hope you're keeping well.

donkeykong5

Naggdefy wrote: »

donkeykong5 wrote: »

Haven't seen you post for ages. Welcome back.

Thank you! Hope you're keeping well.

Dont really watch fair city all the time these days. But the thread is a great way to keep up. So glad you are back posting again.

GeneKranz

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We've a new arrival on Tuesday night. Tina kellegher will play Ger Lynch

Sharon's long list sister.

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/4452391/snapper-star-tina-kellegher-fair-city/

Interesting, as both have played Sharon Curley/Rabbite. Tina in The Snapper and Neili in The Van.

jos28

Mondo gets hitched

https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/fair-city-actor-george-mcmahon-marries-rachel-smyth-with-keith-duffy-as-celebrant-in-stunning-spanish-ceremony-38412431.html?fbclid=IwAR0bLvd3WEPmF8nqtyzhJIyAKuZyjRcMXB0pufzevDyXY0SDfS7fqDHQ4sY

MsWesterosi

That brick is a great actor - I loved him in Fr Ted!

MsWesterosi

Can we bin off Tessa and get Ciaran back?

But, seriously, Tessa is one dreary, colourless, boring character. I wish she'd stayed missing and continued saving the bleeding whales/rain forest/polar bears or whatever other tree hugging activity she was doing. At least Ciaran was a bit of craic back in the ''Katy in a Box'' days.

bubbles o hara

MsWesterosi wrote: »

Can we bin off Tessa and get Ciaran back?

But, seriously, Tessa is one dreary, colourless, boring character. I wish she'd stayed missing and continued saving the bleeding whales/rain forest/polar bears or whatever other tree hugging activity she was doing. At least Ciaran was a bit of craic back in the ''Katy in a Box'' days.

I just came on to post that. Tessa must be the most boring character ever to appear in FC, and that's saying something. I've had more fun watching my toe nails grow that watching her.

Galwayguy35

jesus you would feel bad enough after a night on the beer without a preachy little hobbit shouting in the letterbox first thing in the morning.

Niall_76

Strazdas wrote: »

I find her quite attractive btw. I'm no fan of the brows, but overall she has a lot going for her.

I think the wardrobe department don’t do her any favours at all. It’s like they had clothes for a tall man so they just use them for her.

CollyFlower

MsWesterosi wrote: »

Can we bin off Tessa and get Ciaran back?

But, seriously, Tessa is one dreary, colourless, boring character. I wish she'd stayed missing and continued saving the bleeding whales/rain forest/polar bears or whatever other tree hugging activity she was doing. At least Ciaran was a bit of craic back in the ''Katy in a Box'' days.

Oh God, yes to that MsWesterosi!

Thing is, all these Eco Warriors are like robots, they all seem to be reading from the same script.

Sparko

Tessa is seriously clingy, she only started talking to Caoimhe a few weeks ago.

MsWesterosi

CollyFlower wrote: »

Oh God, yes to that MsWesterosi!

Thing is, all these Eco Warriors are like robots, they all seem to be reading from the same script.

Melanie is almost as bad sometimes. Now, call me old fashioned, but when I sit down to watch a soap I like to be entertained, not bored out of my skull and left with the feeling that the soap is being used as a means by which TPTB are attempting to push a particular social/political message (or maybe I'm just paranoid). These days too many storylines in soaps - whether it's FC or one of the others (Emmerdale has become particularly issue driven in some instances) revolve around a fictionalised version of a topical event or situation. Like Tessa and her environmentalism, Melanie with her ''it's because we're Armenian/''I'm a single mother, but I'm no charity case - I'm proud and decent''/ ''we need to stop the rezoning'' etc, etc etc) to Pete with his ''it's chairperson; not chairman'', to Dearbhla and her feminism; the entertainment value of soaps is being replaced by a preachy, smug political correctness.

Sometimes, they even shoehorn characters into scenarios that are completely out of character for the sake of pushing some ''woke'' BS storyline. Then again, this is just my opinion. I much prefer the character driven stories which are usually entertaining, no matter how outlandish. The American soaps might be crazy as feck, but at least they make no secret of the fact that they're meant to be a bit of craic. If I want to listen to a debate on climate change (which I don't) I'll watch Prime Time. I don't want to hear it from Tedious Tessa on Fair City.

Sorry lads if that turned out to be a bit of a rant, but it's one thing that annoys the t**s off me!

CollyFlower

MsWesterosi wrote: »

Sorry lads if that turned out to be a bit of a rant, but it's one thing that annoys the t**s off me!

Ha! Love your rants and observations, MsWesterosi, although I got to give credit to your Ma also...

Andy From Sligo

it was ok'ish tonight. - the brick didnt look real enough, and if I were writing that , i would have had the brick struck the back of Erica, knock her out cold .. then to hospital , then her slip away whilst Darragh holding her hand knowing that the last thing he said to her was that they should split

it werent shocky enough!

be fascinating to see how the loan shark will act when he gets torn off a strip by the collin's mum ... anto may as well stay at home the wet wipe!

threetrees

I see George McMahon got married by Keith Duffy it seems, (or was that just for photos? Can't imagine KD is an official registrar in Spain!). They looked so happy, George and his wife, not George and Keith....

That'd be a good FC story actually, Ringo marries Mondo.

fin12

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

it was ok'ish tonight. - the brick didnt look real enough, and if I were writing that , i would have had the brick struck the back of Erica, knock her out cold .. then to hospital , then her slip away whilst Darragh holding her hand knowing that the last thing he said to her was that they should split

it werent shocky enough!

be fascinating to see how the loan shark will act when he gets torn off a strip by the collin's mum ... anto may as well stay at home the wet wipe!

I wonder is it the same brick that Emmett was using when he was under Dr oklys spell. They are getting fair mileage out of that brick.