The actress, who plays Carrigstown's Orla Molloy, was left emotional during Junior's cancer storyline and they had to portray it as responsibly and as true to life as possible
Fair City star Sorcha Furlong found her onscreen son Junior's cancer storyline very emotional as a mother herself.
Read more: Fair City's Martina Stanley enjoys sunny family holiday - and shares show affairs and family tragedy Sorcha said: "On an emotional level, Junior being diagnosed with cancer was a storyline that we all sat around and discussed with Brigie and the writing team and directors. "To choose one child over another? That was a storyline I found hard and as a mam, I was like, 'Oh my God, how can you do that?' But I've been lucky in the sense that I've had a lot of comedy woven through the deeper story lines."
"Niamh was engaged to Barry O'Hanlon . The storyline was that when Paul and I got together, Niamh realised she had feelings for Paul, and in the end, Paul and her got together.
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