Nidge travels to Spain to negotiate a new deal for supplying drugs.

After almost losing everything to DI Moynihan’s sting operation, Nidge travels to Spain to negotiate with wholesale supplier Terence May for a new drugs shipment.  Meanwhile in Dublin his enemies are closing in.

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Thrilling Dublin gangland drama starring Aidan Gillen

Thrilling Dublin gangland drama starring Aidan Gillen. When a catastrophic event ignites tensions in a small-time drug gang, family and friends must live with the impact.

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Darren left Dublin. But a party for his brother is the perfect excuse to go home.

Darren skipped Dublin when a gun was found in his house and he’s been living for the past year in Spain. But he's homesick and a party for his brother's release from prison is the perfect excuse to go home.

Darren is tracking Jimmy Byrne, the chief suspect in the gangland killing.

Darren is tracking Jimmy Byrne, the chief suspect in the gangland killing. But in the meantime he needs to work and he soon finds himself slipping back into working for gangland boss John Boy Power.

The gang come back from Nidge's stag party to learn that Jimmy Byrne is back in town.

As Darren grows closer to uncovering the truth, tensions and suspicions rise among the gang. Darren in particular faces difficult decisions about his feelings for Rosie, his future and his loyalties. Are things about to spiral out of control?

Darren decides that it is in everyone's interest that he heads for London.

As Nidge and Trish's wedding day arrives, gangwar is breaking out. John Boy and Hughie generate new plans and new recruits. Who will be with them?

Darren has no choice other than to turn back to his former mentor, John Boy Power.

In debt to a loan shark, Darren finds he has no choice other than to turn back to his former mentor, John Boy Power. John Boy agrees to take on Darren’s debt in return for absolute loyalty - the deal with the Devil done, Darren is back on the team.

When a drug stash is busted, John Boy becomes convinced that he has a rat on his team.

When a drug stash is busted, paranoid John Boy becomes convinced that he has a rat on his team - and demands that Darren carry out the hit.

John Boy decides to double cross his partner which unleashes full scale gang war.

As the war escalates, John Boy orders Tommy to kill rival boss Fran.

As the war escalates, John Boy orders Tommy to kill rival boss Fran. Rosie comes back to Dublin and Darren falls in love with her all over again.

John Boy’s paranoia propels him into madness.

As John Boy’s paranoia propels him into madness, Darren is once again called on to take a life. But Nidge, unlikely pretender to the throne, offers him a way out of his deal with the Devil.

Nidge swiftly fills the power vacuum and gets the gang back to business as usual.

As Nidge swiftly fills the power vacuum and gets the gang back to business as usual, Darren is faced with the prospect of taking another life - this time that of his best friend.

In the reign of King Nidge. Having carried out his ruthless coup to remove John Boy.

This is the reign of King Nidge. Having carried out his ruthless coup to remove John Boy, he is determined not to make the same mistakes. He runs his criminal enterprises sensibly, quietly making money and staying under the police radar.

A wild party at his brothel with the lads does nothing to improve Nidge’s spirits.

A wild party at his brothel with the lads does nothing to improve Nidge’s spirits as he knows Dano will be trying to find out what happened to his father - and sure enough Nidge is summoned to a meeting at Git’s pub-HQ.

Nidge tries valiantly to keep things together, staying on side with Dano.

Nidge tries valiantly to keep things together, staying on side with Dano and as promised bringing into the country a cache of AK47s, small arms and explosives. However elsewhere his web of lies and excuses is threatening to unravel.

Increasingly concerned about Siobhan’s depression,Tommy puts his feelings aside.

Increasingly concerned about Siobhan’s depression,Tommy puts his feelings aside and breaks off his relationship with Debbie;  besides he has a new problem - Georgina has become obsessed with him and keeps calling and texting.

Donna reports what she knows about Siobhan’s rape to the police.

Donna reports what she knows about Siobhan’s rape to the police. It might end there... except two clever detectives, Paula and Terry, connect the report with the disappearance of missing dissident Git Loughman

Fearful of Dano’s revenge, Nidge has moved the family out to a hotel.

Fearful of Dano’s revenge, Nidge has moved the family out to a hotel. He reconciles with Darren, paying him a proportion of the money he owes, as his old friend - still on the run - plans to leave the country imminently.

Nidge extorts a client of the brothel into helping import a consignment of drugs.

Nidge has his hooks into a client who has fallen behind on his tab at the brothel, and sees an opportunity to extort him into helping to import a large consignment of drugs.

Nidge extorts his dentist into cooperating with him, unaware that the police are onto him.

Nidge extorts his tame dentist into cooperating with him, unaware that Detective Inspector Moynihan is setting up a complex undercover operation to track Nidge and ultimately bring him down.

Fran lashes out looking for someone to blame, challenging Nidge's authority.

Fran - still afraid that he could go down for the tiger kidnapping - lashes out looking for someone to blame, resulting in a serious challenge to Nidge's authority.

Moynihan's surveillance closes in on Nidge and Andrew's dummy run.  Fran plots revenge.

Moynihan's surveillance operation closes in on Nidge and Andrew's dummy run bringing in a shipment of mixing agent, while Fran plots a gruesome revenge.

Nidge is disturbed by a ghost from his past. Moynihan closes in on a conspirator.

Nidge's preparations for the import operation are disturbed by a ghost from his past. Nidge will do anything to stop a truth getting out. Nidge finds solace in his relationship with Janet, whilst Moynihan's team close in on one of the conspirators.

The last shipment of drugs arrives. Fran is enraged when Nidge cuts him out of the deal.

At last the shipment of drugs arrives at Dublin port and everything is ready for the handover. Fran is enraged when Nidge cuts him out of the deal, with devastating consequences as the deadly game of cat and mouse between Nidge and Moynihan climaxes.

As Pauley helps Nidge get back into business, they work together to try and kill Patrick.

With Pauley’s help, Nidge is back in business and arrangements are made for the first shipment under the new deal.  He and Pauley work together to try to kill Patrick, leading to a shoot-out in a pub car park.

Fran is banged up in prison but he and Nidge both still conspire to have each other killed: Nidge presses Ado to recruit his brother Pottsie to try and get Fran.

Siobhan is increasingly caught between her quest for revenge and her  love for Pauley.

Nidge’s thoughts soon turn to the next job – and he hits on the idea of using Scotty as the driver. Siobhan meanwhile learns that Tommy will soon recover from his coma and finds herself caught between her quest for revenge and her  love for Pauley.

In the aftermath of Pauley’s death Siobhan must face her most terrifying opponent yet.

In the aftermath of Pauley’s death Siobhan must face her most terrifying opponent yet as Terence May flies in from Spain to lay his nephew to rest – and to find the truth.

Nidge is summoned back to Spain, where Terence demands a terrible price for his continued support, while Siobhan and Moynihan reach an unholy deal of their own

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