Fair City actor Maclean Burke has accused Coronation Street of copying the Irish soap's storylines. Burke plays Damien Halpin in the RTÉ One soap, and featured as part of a plot that saw him become a victim of domestic abuse from wife Suzanne (Sarah Flood). Coronation Street will soon start a new storyline that features a similar scenario, with mechanic Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) getting attacked by fiancée Kirsty Soames (Natalie Gumede). Burke explained that he is happy Fair City was able to tackle the issue before the ITV1 soap. "Coronation Street are definitely watching Fair City, that's for sure," he told Herald. "I am really glad they are doing it but it's nice that we did it first." Comparing the two soaps, he said: "This has happened before. A few years (more)...
- 3/21/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Sarah McDowell has confessed that she believes her Fair City character Suzanne Doyle's recent domestic abuse storyline "went too far". The actress - whose role called for Doyle to physically attack husband Damien Halpin (Maclean Burke) - told The Herald that she was shocked by many aspects of the plot, which she found to be physically and emotionally demanding. "I think it went too far, she was constantly beating him. It was so exhausting. It was really horrible shooting the scenes. When I got the scripts and read the things I was saying, I couldn't believe it," she explained. "The verbal abuse was nearly worse. I (more)...
- 1/25/2011
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
Sarah Flood has admitted that she expects viewers to be shocked by upcoming scenes in Fair City. Flood's Suzanne Halpin will be seen attacking her husband Damien (Maclean Burke) with a snooker cue in a domestic abuse plot. Speaking to RTÉ Ten, Flood said that she thinks people will find the storyline tough to watch. "I mean, it's Damien and he is lying on the ground and she is beating him with the snooker cue," she said. "They were very hard scenes to play out and I think they will be quite upsetting to watch." Flood also confessed that she was surprised by the violent twist and shocked at statistics she uncovered when researching (more)...
- 9/22/2010
- by By Ryan Love
- Digital Spy
RTÉ's flagship summer reality show has been announced. 'Charity Lords of the Ring', a four part, week long series which will follow 10 personalities as they go through boot camp, train, and fight in the ring, all in the name of charity. The show will be presented by Lucy Kennedy and boxing legend Barry McGuigan and will feature; ex-footballer Lee Sharpe, comedian Alan Shortt, Fair City actor MacLean Burke, TV presenter John McGuire, Dragon's Den entrepreneur Sean Gallagher, journalist Joe O'Shea, former Gaa star Jack Sheedy, journalist Paul Martin, RTÉ Young People's presenter Rob Ross and UK Apprentice star Ben Clarke.
- 7/27/2009
- IFTN
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