Fair City star Tina Kellegher opens up on real reason she left hit RTE soap & reveals what brought her back

The Irish Sun

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FAIR City star Tina Kellegher has opened up about her family life and revealed the reason she stepped back from the hit RTE show.
The actress, best known for playing Ger Lynch in the popular soap, returned to Carrigstown earlier this month after her character
three years ago.
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Tina Kellegher has opened up on her busy home life
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Ger Lynch returned to Fair City after vanishing three years ago
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The crime boss vanished from the show back in 2021 with Darragh and Lee to escape questioning from cops when Will turned up dead.
She ordered the pair to rough up the nurse over a debt, but things got out of hand and he ended up dead.
The 58-year-old lives in
Tina recently told
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"I talk out loud and mainly do it myself. I'm in a house full of men with a husband, two sons and two male dogs. They don't get too excited about Fair City."
The TV star said her eldest is now in college "studying wildlife biology", while her youngest is still in fifth year.
She explained: "They're very busy and they're at the stage where they're busy doing their own thing. They're men now."
Tina also said she "pulled back a lot from work" when her boys were young as her husband's hours are "insane" when he's away on location.
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She explained: "His contracts are very long as a location manager. I've got nannies in the past, but they cost a lot and you still have a worry that they're not going to show up.
"A live-in nanny was never on my agenda. I wouldn't want that. I rear my children as much as I can."
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The actress revealed she left
Tina said: "RTE knew that I was available and when they saw the possibility of a storyline they gave my agent a call and asked me to come back. So here I am."
She admitted it was a tough call at the time but it was a no-brainer when she was asked to return.
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"Yeah, but at the same time I've always been a bit of a home bird. My priority was sorting out things back there. I've always made those sorts of decisions, but it was still hard to leave Fair City."
In the episode that
Sash informed her she had given it to Sharon. After an evening of wine and conversation, Sharon and Liam shared a dance and a kiss.
Their moment was interrupted by Ger, who barged in demanding the locket.
Ger shamed Sharon for being with Liam reigniting tensions from their past.