There will be an all-female episode of Fair City this week

An all-female episode of Fair City will be broadcast on Wednesday to celebrate International Women's Day.

A great way to celebrate International Women's Day. Well done #faircity pic.twitter.com/LYzEP6J2Up

— Fair City Fans (@faircityfans) February 28, 2017

It's the first time the long-running RTÉ soap will feature a women-only episode and as far as we are aware it is the first soap ever to attempt such a feat.

It's understood the action will see the women of Carrigstown end up at a spontaneous lock-in, in McCoy's pub.

YEOW!