Fair City actor Karl Shiels, who played Robbie Quinn, has died at the age of 47.

HAVING paid enough for a TV licence, isn’t it about time the ordinary RTÉ viewer heard a voice that sounded familiar, or even real. I’m tired of some young woman speaking in her extraterrestrial ‘D4’ accent, jabbering on monotonously to some imaginary viewer from ‘Ballyneutral’ or ‘Castletownblandend’.