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Ireland – ARAN has today slammed the producers of ‘Love Hate’ in relation to the first episode in a new series that showed two young teenagers literally blasting a cat to death and then laughing hard. ARAN is incensed and angered, and whilst we are aware the cat was not actually killed, this scene does irreparable damage to our work of curbing violent crimes towards animals and comes at a time of record reports of violence towards animals around the country. Already the group has been fielding dozens of complaints from viewers.

“Violence towards animals is on the rise in Ireland and this violent and disgusting scene in Love Hate does huge damage to our work of creating kindness towards animals on the streets,” says ARAN Director John Carmody. “We’re encouraging people to switch channels next time the programme airs.”

ARAN is now urging the producers of the show to make a generous donation to school educational programs in Ireland that would reach out to a younger generation about the importance of treating animals with kindness and respect.

 

But don’t worry, folks. He’s going to be just fine.

 

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Love/Hate returns earlier than expected on October 6.

Aaron Heffernan (above) joins the cast as an undercover garda and Brian F. O’Byrne (top) stars as Nidge’s nemesis, Detective Moynihan.

Aaron, you may recall, was the star of the rather brilliant cop spoof trailer Switchblade.

‘Love/Hate’ springs surprise on fans with return in three weeks (Laura Butler, Irish Independent)

Pics: TV3, David Livingstone/Getty Images

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Currently on The Guardian home page. First episode being screened on Channel 5 tonight.

We’re cool again.

Showing an Ireland in which God is slowly dying, Love/Hate is also located at a time when the economy is expiring quickly. Although the residue of the Euro-driven boom is still visible in the glittering buildings and the fleets of expensive wheels in the car showroom where one character works, the money has run out. “Ireland is fucked for the next 10 years,” predicts John Boy in one speech before optimistically outlining the killings to be made by criminals at a time when people are desperate to sell and downsize. In the third season, the dynamics of Irish terrorism since the peace process also feature.

The running of a thumping underscore beneath much of the dialogue feels like too obvious an attempt to attract viewers who are younger and actually or spiritually American.

But, although unlikely to become a hit on the scale of RTE’s previous prize export – Brendan O’Carroll’s Mrs Brown’s Boys – this drama is another example of the way in which a national broadcaster often previously associated with caution has seized the possibilities of a less reverent Ireland to create ambitious shows. Ireland isn’t yet the new Scandinavia or even New Zealand for TV drama but this series makes me keen to see what RTE and Stuart Carolan might do next.

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Fair play though, in fairness.

Right so.

Is Love/Hate Ireland’s answer to The Wire? (Mark Lawson, The Guardian)

Thanks Nick Moran

(l-r) Steve Matthews, David Caffrey, Suzanne McAuley with Prince Albert II of Monaco (centre) and actor Stuart Townsend

Love/Hate producers Suzanne McAuley and Steve Matthews and director David Caffrey are in Monte-Carlo for the 53rd Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, where the RTÉ series was nominated for two awards.

The crime drama was nominated for Best International Drama TV Series and Best European Drama TV Series.

Via: RTE Ten