Actor Bryan Murray to retire from Fair City after 20 years

Bryan Murray and Una Crawford O'Brien pictured at the launch of the 30th anniversary of Alzheimer’s Tea Day. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / © Photocall Ireland.

Actor Bryan Murray is to retire from Fair City after twenty years of playing Bob Charles on the RTÉ soap.

The 75-year-old, who first appeared on Fair City in 2005, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2019 but continued to appear on the show and went public with his story in 2022 to raise awareness of the disease and to help others.