Love/Hate star Tom Vaughan Lawlor has revealed he finds it very tough to act out scenes of violence against women in his role as gangland villain Nidge.

As crime boss Nidge in Love/Hate, Tom Vaughan Lawlor hasn’t flinched from dispatching his enemies, and soon he’ll be playing another character who knows where the bodies are buried.

Charles Haughey’s former press secretary believes the revelation he was having an affair was the “most painful moment” for the former Taoiseach.

He may have terrorised audiences in his role as gang leader Nidge in Love/Hate, but actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor has admitted to being starstruck by his fellow Ifta nominees.