Boyzone star Duffy set to stir up trouble as Fair City love interest

15th November 2008

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Keith Duffy is set to add another string to his bow this week when he makes his big entrance on hit soap Fair City.

The Dublin pop star will stir up trouble for the Carrigstown residents when he arrives on the scene.

Duffy will first appear in next Thursday's episode as Ringo Leyden, an ex-friend of mechanic Keith McGrath, played by Alan O'Neill, the Herald can reveal.

Ringo is the boyfriend of Cliodhna, who recently arrived in the Dublin suburb as longtime character Una's sister.

A shocked Una cannot believe her eyes when she meets her sister's latest love, and viewers are in for some compelling episodes as the story unfolds. Needless to say the fallout is not good when Una breaks the news to future hubby Keith that his one-time friend is back in town.

A source on set revealed: "Everyone was delighted to have Keith on board and he was a true professional throughout filming.

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"He has great talent and after his time on Coronation Street, not to mention touring the world with Boyzone,he certainly know's what he's doing.

"He's not in it for too long this time around but he'll definitely be back on set in the New Year for some more explosive scenes.

"He's been written in for a major storyline and people are going to be very surprised when it all kicks off," the source added.

Alas for Duffy he won't even be in the country to see his big debut episode as he's currently on a whirlwind tour with his bandmates Ronan, Mickey, Stephen and Shane after Boyzone reunited last year.

No stranger to the small screen, Keith first made his mark on the soap-world when he took up residency on Manchester based soap Coronation Street.

Fans of the long-running soap will remember him as barman Ciaran McCarthy and with Keith recently claiming he'd love to go back to the Street his role as hospital nurse Ringo may be just the break he needs.