The top 10 greatest Irish TV characters
THE internet cried out in pain earlier this month as the Love/Hate finale concluded with anti-hero Nidge gunned down in his driveway. When the track-suited gangster (apparently) breathed his last – deprived of even the opportunity to enjoy his personalised running shoes – you could almost hear the collective howl go up: having riveted audiences across five seasons of the crime drama could Nidge really leave us this way?
Our obsession with Nidge – which is what it was in the end, really – is testament to Love/Hate writer and creator Stuart Carolan, but also says something about Irish television. Until now, it has rarely, if ever, yielded a character such as Nidge: three dimensional, with all the flaws, contradictions and charm of a real person.
