Garda life imitates art in ‘Love/Hate’

Gardaí have launched an internal investigation after a serving member of the Garda National Drug Unit played an undercover drugs detective in crime drama Love/Hate.

In the latest episode of the hit show, one of the new enemies of crime boss ‘Nidge’ Delaney is an undercover detective, Garda Ciarán Madden.

In a bizarre example of truth being stranger than fiction, the role is played by Kieran O’Reilly — a serving member of the Garda National Drug Unit in Dublin Castle.