Garda superintendent James McKay cedes the investigation when young Darren Kiely is killed in the seaside resort of Red Rock since CCTV caught Darren fighting with Michael Hennessy, whose sister, solicitor Claire, is James' wife. Michael's mother, over-bearing bar owner Patricia, sacks Darren's sister Katie, unaware that her son David is having an affair with her whilst Bridget Kiely, estranged from her family, returns to the town and her husband Vincent, Katie and her son Keith vowing revenge. Meanwhile Garda officer Sharon Cleere confides in colleague Paudge that she saw married sergeant Brian McGonigle kissing an apparently under age girl but, on his advice, keeps the news from James. Written by don @ minifie-1

Bridget talks Keith into killing Michael but he is inadvertently thwarted by Katie and David, who are meeting in secret and at the funeral Katie accuses her mother of hypocrisy, given that she once deserted the family and is now apparently grief-stricken. Meanwhile Niamh Reid, whose father Liam, is an old flame of Patricia's, and who is the witness who saw Michael prior to his fight with Darren Kiely, is preparing to open the café she and Liam are leasing from Patricia. Written by don @ minifie-1

Shauna and Sergeant Angela have to tell an elderly man that his daughter has died, only to find that he has a short while to live himself. James makes Claire a special present after she has miscarried again whilst David, backing up Michael's claim that he did not ring Darren prior to meeting him, causes trouble by turning up at the wake. Paudge meanwhile loses his police car. Written by don @ minifie-1

Matters go from bad to worse between Katie and Bridget and eventually Vincent asks her to leave. However the family is astonished when they find out that Bridget has only moved in next door. Katie starts work at the café with Liam and Niamh but Patricia believes that she has been robbing her and asks James to investigate. Written by don @ minifie-1

The Garda arrest known thief Robbie Scanlon, on suspicion of a spate of thefts but have to release him for lack of evidence. Then a middle-aged, apparently amnesiac woman calling herself Ailis and appears and inadvertently leads the police to Robbie's haul, where they learn his motive. Meanwhile Sharon discovers that Rachel, the girl she saw Brian kissing, is only fifteen. Written by don @ minifie-1

Robbie Scanlon is arrested for a spate of burglaries but released for lack of evidence. By chance a mysterious woman named Ailis comes into the bar to dance with David. She has a house key and when she is let in by the police she inadvertently provides a link with Robbie, her son, who has a motive for his crimes. Written by don @ minifie-1

Sharon shows Paudge the CCTV footage she saw of Brian kissing the under-age Rachel but Paudge has no desire to be involved. Katie is brought in for questioning regarding the missing money but then David makes a confession, claiming he stole it to go to Australia. Meanwhile Tony Power, a small time crook and tenant of Paudge, demands to be arrested to flee a gang of violent collectors to whom Paudge sold his debt. Written by don @ minifie-1

Paudge is carpeted for his involvement with the debt collectors whilst Sharon shows Brian the footage of his kissing 15 year old Rachel, though he claims it was a one-off instigated by the girl. Michael gives David the money to repay their mother on condition he stops seeing Katie whilst Angela brings in a young fare dodger who turns out to be her son Connor. Written by don @ minifie-1

Bridget prepares to leave town after a showdown with Patricia at the Hennessey's bar. The Gauda intervenes when thugs launch a racist attack against Eunice Adisile to evict her from a flat leased to both her and elderly Frank Lohan. The petrol bomb is thrown into the flat with Angela saving Frank's life but being taken to hospital herself with smoke inhalation. Written by don @ minifie-1

Adrijan and Sean become involved in a parking incident that escalates. Meanwhile, a stag night also gets out of hand. The two lead to tragic and far-reaching consequences.

David Hennessy's plots start falling apart. Garda Sergeant Brian McGonigle takes every opportunity to try to rid himself of Garda Sharon Cleere. Though the post-mortem finds no blame, the station has to survive the aftermath of the death in custody.

Having bid farewell to Charlene and her newly-found car Sean is horrified to learn that she is a wanted criminal who has abducted her daughter from her ex-husband and that she has rooked him. Katie and David book into a hotel but Patricia is suspicious and gets the truth from Michael. Eventually Michael admits that he knew David was stealing money to give to Darren, who was blackmailing him for still seeing Katie and that his efforts to confront Darren led to the fatal encounter. Written by don @ minifie-1

Brian steals the heroin from young drug pusher Ollie Coyne, who then makes a formal complaint about him whilst Sharon meets Rachel in a party of school-children visiting the police station and later sees her meeting Brian after dark. Patricia leans on David to give Katie up but instead he plans for them to leave town together. However they are interrupted by an international debt collector who tells them that Bridget left Spain to return to Red Rock as she owed thousands of euros. Written by don @ minifie-1

Discovering that Rachel is Liam Reid's youngest daughter Sharon again confronts Brian, who threatens her as well as lying to Ollie's drug boss Beaky Burke that the boy is robbing him to get himself off the hook. Angela learns from son Conor that her husband Tommy is seeing another woman but urges him to give their marriage another try whilst Katie accuses Bridget of returning home only to escape her debts and is unconvinced when her mother tells her she was paid money by an old man she nursed whose family now want the cash. Written by don @ minifie-1

After single mother Maeve Wilson reports her elderly neighbour Mr Duff's noisy dog Adrijan and Sean investigate and soon afterwards the dog is poisoned. Sharon warns Rachel not to carry on seeing Brian and suggests telling her father but the girl feigns innocence and rings Brian to report the conversation. Angela is frustrated when Conor says that he wants to quit university whilst Bridget and Keith go into business selling cheap cigarettes. Written by don @ minifie-1

Maeve Wilson is arrested for trying to kill the dog but Adrijan discovers by accident what really happened and is able to bring about neighbourly reconciliation. Katie is less than happy with Bridget and Keith's new venture whilst Sharon is attacked and seriously injured by three thugs - put up to it by Brian. Written by don @ minifie-1

As the Garda search for the thugs who attacked Sharon Brian is declared a hero for supposedly saving her life but she tells Paudge she knows that he was behind the assault. Paudge believes that she should back off. Meanwhile Hakam Gulati reports his daughter Sai missing but does not immediately admit to Sean and Adrijan that she was on her way to meet her husband in an arranged marriage. Michael is not happy when Claire tells him the maximum sentence he could face. Written by don @ minifie-1

Adrijan and Sean discover that Hakam attacked Sai before she escaped and eventually track her down. Her motives for leaving home are not what they first imagined. Under pressure from Brian Sharon considers a transfer but is dissuaded by James whilst Angela's husband Tommy accuses her of putting her work before family life. Written by don @ minifie-1

After harassed businessman Gerard Curry is clamped by an officious traffic warden he refuses to pay and Sean and Adrijan are drawn into the stand-off, finally arresting Gerard, who gives cause for alarm in the cells. Sharon returns to work and tells Brian she will keep his secret but the whole team must pull together when the station is invaded by a noisy stag party. Written by don @ minifie-1

Following Gerard Curry's unexplained death in custody Sean feels guilty for arresting him and James looks for damage limitation - given that Gerard was left unsupervised whilst the team dealt with the rowdy stag party. As the investigation into the death starts widow Joan Curry is in no mood to accept James' condolences. Meanwhile Claire starts further fertility treatment. Written by don @ minifie-1

Brian continues to sabotage Sharon in an effort to make her look inept and force her to ask for a transfer but she resists. Sean and Adrijan feel increasingly that the public are coming to hate the Garda following the Curry death and Michael discovers that Katie and David are planning to go to Australia. Katie is shocked when David claims that he cannot go as he fears that his brother may be suicidal. Written by don @ minifie-1

Simple-minded Eddie Foley, who mistakenly reports events he believes to be crimes is attacked after reporting a genuine burglary whilst Katie learns from Michael about Darren's blackmail and is angry as she believes she could have stopped him. Meanwhile Sharon has to literally fight against Brian as his bullying continues and, in the aftermath of the post-mortem declaring that Gerald Curry died of a heart attack, James faces a community meeting led by Gerald's widow Joan. Written by don @ minifie-1

Claire gets the results of her pregnancy test and feels broody when Adrijan and Sean bring in an abandoned baby, whose parents are later charged with neglect. After dumping David Katie confesses to her family the circumstances leading up to Darren's death whilst Niamh discovers that her father is having a secret affair with Patricia. Written by don @ minifie-1

The Hennessy boys are temporarily held in custody with Claire being drawn in on a professional level whilst Katie is made to feel an outcast by her family because of her involvement with David. A police search of the Kiely house finds no evidence of any blackmail money being on the premises but later Bridget confesses to the family that she found the cash and used it to finance Darren's funeral with very little now left. James meanwhile is concerned for Sharon and her apparently uncharacteristic behaviour. Written by don @ minifie-1

When an urn containing the ashes of Derek O'Reilly arrives at the police station with a request that they be scattered in a particular place Angela suspects that he was the perpetrator of an unsolved murder from over thirty years ago - as a result of which she is able to find the victim's remains. Meanwhile Michael is formally charged with Darren Kiely's murder. Written by don @ minifie-1

Following the discovery of the murder victim Angela has to inform her father, who recognizes her as a friend of his dead daughter. The Kiely family are in celebratory mood following the arrest of Michael - who is given conditional bail - and invite Katie to return home. However she refuses in order to live an independent life. Written by don @ minifie-1

The coroner's report exonerates the station but Joan Curry is unforgiving. After a complaint is made against Sharon James orders her to take more time off but she responds by telling him how she caught Brian kissing Rachel and how he is now trying to undermine her. However Brian preempts her by claiming that she is conducting a vendetta against him after he rejected her advances. Written by don @ minifie-1

James and sergeant Nikki Grogan interview Sharon over her allegations about Brian but the cowardly Paudge is halfhearted in his support and the slimy sergeant manages to clear himself with his lies, making Sharon look the wrong-doer. Tony Delaney arrives at the police station after a severe beating and investigations lead to a dispute with George Carrigan, a rival Elvis Presley tribute act who has employed his cousin Dean to attack Tony. Written by don @ minifie-1

James and Angela interview Rachel, who backs up Brian's story but Liam is suspicious and attacks Brian outside the police station. Bridget shocks her family by working for drug dealer Beady Burke, who rips her off with some deficient merchandise. Vincent is persuaded to ask for the money back but the condition is that the Kielys look after a gun for him in return. Written by don @ minifie-1

An angry Liam unsuccessfully attempts to get James to prosecute Brian whilst Angela rushes to Conor's hospital bedside after he falls from a wall and breaks his leg. He claims that he was drunk but keeps from her the fact that he was on heroin. To make matters worse Angela discovers that Tommy is still being unfaithful to her. Meanwhile Vincent devises a way to get rid of the gun and Beaky Burke's hold on the family. Written by don @ minifie-1

Back home with his parents Conor tries to hide his drug addiction from them Whilst Rachel, increasingly worried that the truth will out, gets drunk and goes looking for Brian, making Liam even more suspicious. Adrijan and Sean find an abandoned, blood-stained car and trace the driver Phil Rodgers, with good detective work from Adrijan leading to his assailant though Sean is not pleased when Nikki congratulates his colleague. Written by don @ minifie-1

Whilst his parents are out at work Conor gets a visit from his drug dealer, to whom he is considerably in debt. Nikki and Adrijan discover why Phil Rodgers is reluctant to identify his attacker but Sean is able to arrest the offender on other matters, earning praise and the offer of a date from Nikki. Liam demands a formal enquiry from James but on returning home finds that Rachel has run away. Written by don @ minifie-1

All the Garda from the station are deployed in looking for the missing Rachel, including Sharon, who faces hostility from some quarters as being responsible for the school-girl's flight. Niamh however is convinced that Brian is to blame and lets him know it. Anxiety increases when it is discovered that Rachel was involved with a suicide website and her coat is found on a beach. Brian's daughter Mel tells the Garda that a man known as Fat Barry used to buy the girls alcohol and when she last saw Rachel she was with him. Written by don @ minifie-1

The man known as Fat Barry is brought to the police station with an irate Liam demanding to see him and Paudge taking abuse from Sean for defending Sharon. Fat Barry is known to have previously stalked a girl in Donegal and whilst he swears innocence a search of his house links him to recently having seen Rachel. There is however cause for optimism with a reported sighting of Rachel but Conor, left alone in the house with his drug cravings whilst Angela is at work and Tommy otherwise diverted, is deteriorating, Written by don @ minifie-1

Rachel Reid is still missing and things are taking a toll on her sister Niamh and Dad Liam. In a bid to broaden their hunt for the missing schoolgirl, Detective Sergeant Nikki Grogan and Sergeant Angela Tyrell help the Reids prepare a television appeal. Despite agreeing to do the television appeal, Liam is finding it particularly tough as he tries to put everything into words. Seeing Liam on the brink, Niamh calls in Patricia Hennessy as some welcome support for her dad. Patricia tries to gently talk some sense into Liam, encouraging him not to let Niamh do the appeal on her own. Paudge is feeling the pressure when he receives an unwelcome phone call. He tells an inquisitive Sharon that it's just a builder looking for payment and would be sorted once the rent starts flowing on the property, but is there more to the story than Paudge is letting on? Meanwhile, Sharon is still getting a nasty reception at work and when a dead rat is placed in her locker, Paudge tries his best to support ...

Facing accusations from his family about his relationship with Rachel Brian continues to lie but when Rachel phones him he secretly goes to meet her at a caravan plan. She has grand plans for them to elope together to France but he tells her that the relationship is over and any thoughts of their being together were just in her head. Meanwhile Patricia, hearing Liam speak with such emotion about his late wife in the television appeal, wonders whether he really wants to be with her. Written by don @ minifie-1

A clairvoyant, Stewart McManus, is brought in in the search for Rachel and gives the Reids some hope by telling them that Rachel is alive. James is sceptical and advises them not to build their hopes up Nikki sees it as a positive. Rachel herself, alone in the caravan, rings Brian again to tell him that she has taken a large quantity of pills and drunk a bottle of vodka and needs his help. Meanwhile Conor stages a burglary at his house to get the money to pay off his drug dealer. Written by don @ minifie-1

Whilst Stewart McManus is proved to be a fraud and arrested Brian makes an excuse to leave the police station, followed by a suspicious Sharon and Paudge. In the caravan Brian ignores Rachel's lifeless body whilst attempting to remove all traces of his having been there but he is cornered as Sharon and Paudge close in and Sharon arrests him. Written by don @ minifie-1

Brian is interviewed about his relationship with Rachel but continues to play the victim though Sean apologizes to Sharon for doubting her. As Rachel recovers in hospital she is still reluctant to make any statement accusing Brian, leading Niamh to be brutal with her, telling her that Brian left her to die in order to save himself. Meanwhile Katie finds herself attracted to new man in town Rory Walsh. Written by don @ minifie-1

Rachel has still not made any statement regarding Brian and Liam starts to feel guilty, believing that if he had had more time for his daughter she would not have allowed herself to be groomed by Brian. Outside the police station Rachel has a heart to heart with Sharon, apologizing to her and, as she is filled in on exactly how he left her to die in the caravan she decides to make a statement, leading to Brian being charged with the defilement of a minor. Written by don @ minifie-1

David is shocked to learn that the pregnant Katie is planning to have a termination and tries to dissuade her. However, when she convinces him that they do not have a rosy future together he agrees to fund the abortion. Katie moves back into the family home and Bridget is quick to spot her daughter's condition. She is also appalled by Katie's decision and, along with Vincent, attempts to convince her to keep her child, offering to help her look after them. Meanwhile Ollie Coyne is causing trouble for Paudge, not helped when Claire successfully defends Ollie against Paudge's accusations. Written by don @ minifie-1

Whilst Bridget and Vincent are still trying to convince Katie that she should keep her baby Patricia is obviously very keen that the termination should go ahead and offers to give David the money to pay for it. Adrijan is disappointed to learn that Nikki and Sean have had a date behind his back whilst Paudge's money problems increase as his car is repossessed. Written by don @ minifie-1

Nikki's investigation into the robbery at Angela's leads her to Conor's dealer and the fact that Conor is a hopelessly addicted drug addict. Meanwhile Paudge's financial problems escalate when Tim Moran, the builder for Paudge's letting flat, turns up at the station demanding back pay and causes a fight. Vincent agrees to accompany Katie to Manchester for her termination, secretly hoping that he may be able to change her mind, whilst Nikki, learning that Adrijan has found out about her and Sean, decides to end the affair Written by don @ minifie-1

Taking advantage of his parents' absence from the house Conor decides to shoot up but Angela and Tommy return home unexpectedly to find their son unconscious. Patricia puts pressure on David to accompany Katie to England and ensure that the abortion goes ahead but when he arrives at the airport he finds that Vincent and Bridget are still trying to persuade Katie to keep her baby. Tim Moran rips all the wiring out of Paudge's property and a desperate Paudger arrives to find petty crook Ollie Coyne vandalizing the place. Paudge hits on an idea to claim insurance and blame Ollie, unaware that he is secretly being filmed whilst Adrijan and Sean agree to make up after Sean has been dumped by Nikki but whilst they are out on an investigation Adrijan is the victim of a hit and run driver. Written by don @ minifie-1