When Margie leaves Eddie to look after her elderly father, Eddie's lonely colleague Sandra decides to seize her chance. But Eddie's compassion for Sandra leads to unexpected and devastating consequences.

Shay a hardened alcoholic, receives a shock visit from a former lover he's not seen for 17 years. How will the revelation that he's a father of a teenage boy affect his hopeless addiction.

Bigoted chef Kieran hates all foreigners until a house fire brings a beautiful Polish woman into his life. When the truth about the fire is revealed will Keiran hold onto her.

Disfigured soldier Nick returns from Afghanistan. But his hero's welcome is short-lived as he struggles to deal with the haunting memory of a suicide bomb attack.

Desperate single mum Dee is fighting to get her sons out of a violent school. But her own future happiness is jeopardised when she meets her new boyfriend's father, who knows her terrible secret.

When Paddy, landlord of The Greyhound, bars a teenage footballer from his pub for smoking – he risks a life-threatening beating from the boy's father; the local gangster.