Love him or hate him, Haughey has star power

The life of Charles Haughey, the politician so many people love to hate, is to be dramatised starring actors from the country’s latest hit crime drama.

RTÉ has announced that the headline roles in its new political drama Charlie will be played by two of Love/Hate’s most evil gangsters.

Aidan Gillen, who starred as the drug-addled crime boss John Boy, will take the title role as Charles J Haughey in the new production.