Soap to swear by as Fair City celebrates 15 years

VIEWERS could say ‘God almighty’ about the gay kiss scene, but Fair City’s characters couldn’t take the Lord’s name in vain during 15 years of affairs, fights and deaths.

The popular Irish soap has never been afraid to tackle serious issues head-on but executive producer Niall Matthews says viewers are still offended by bad language.

“We sit down and we look at the language and we look at the things that don’t work and, invariably, cursing doesn’t work,” he said yesterday as he joined the cast and crew for a 15th birthday celebration in McCoy’s on the Fair City set.