Irene's quizzed by Angelo

Irene's quizzed by Angelo
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Irene and the policeman are brought into hospital. Rachel discovers Irene's been drinking. Everyone hears that Irene shot a policeman, and Lou's missing. Belle accompanies Alf to the police station, where he supports Irene during her interview with Angelo. Irene tells her story... Irene explains that she and Lou heard about Belle in rehab and decided to sail home. She took some painkillers for a headache, and went to bed. A noise briefly woke her, but she went back to sleep. The next day, Lou was gone. Irene had no idea how to work the boat radio, let alone sail. She started drinking, paranoid that whoever took Lou would come after her, and grabbed Lou's gun for protection. She shot the policeman by accident. Angelo interrogates Irene about her violent history with alcohol. When Belle finds out that Angelo's charging Irene with GBH and she's a suspect in Lou's disappearance, she slaps Angelo, and he throws her in the cell with Irene. Earlier, Liam asks Belle to explain to his wife that they are not having an affair, but before Belle can answer, she hears about Irene. Aden catches Alf, Kirsty, and Leah with a newspaper article: Belle and Liam pictured with the headline 'Rehab Romance'. Liam begs Belle to speak to his wife. *Showing on RTE One, Tuesday June 2* Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop

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Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.