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Fair City - Season 37 - Episode 30: Thu 02 April 2026
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00:13Hiya.
00:14Hey.
00:15I'm James.
00:21How you feeling after yesterday?
00:24Ready to nail Mondo.
00:28It's me, the pathologist and Holly today.
00:31This is our day.
00:33I saw Holly coming in.
00:35She gave me an odd look.
00:37Probably nervous.
00:43Ignore him.
00:45I want to thank you for your kindness to you today.
00:53Let's go in.
01:00Are you okay?
01:04They're going to tear Mondo apart today, aren't they?
01:07You know, we are so lucky.
01:10How's that?
01:11We don't see each other for months on end.
01:14And then we just connect again.
01:16There's something comforting about getting on with your ex-husband.
01:19Don't give me that old slippers line.
01:22I'm more like warm fleecy blanket.
01:26Not the sexiest thing anyone has ever said to me.
01:28Well, you're by far the sexiest of my ex-husbands.
01:33Not exactly a high bar, but I'll take the win.
01:37Seriously, we get each other.
01:39Yeah.
01:41Yeah, we do.
01:43I hope you're going to be sticking around for a bit.
01:46Is that an invitation?
01:48I'll let you rule that in.
01:50Oh, cryptic answer.
01:53Not really, no.
02:00Hey.
02:03You know he ran down to see her a few weeks ago.
02:06Are they getting back together?
02:07I don't know.
02:08But he's a fool, because no matter how many times he's been burned,
02:11he will just jump right back into that fire.
02:16Holly, can you tell the court why you didn't come forward earlier with your statement?
02:22I was afraid of losing my job.
02:24I have a son to support.
02:26So you battled with your conscience.
02:29I knew I had to do the right thing in the end.
02:32I did it for my son.
02:33In your statement, you said that Mr. O'Connell was angry with Mr. Collins.
02:39Yes.
02:40He was furious.
02:42Absolutely fuming with Anto.
02:44Blaming him for the fire and saying he wanted to get him.
02:48What did you think he meant by get him?
02:52That he wanted to go after him and make him pay.
02:55He was very wound up.
02:56I'd never seen him so angry before.
02:59I wasn't surprised by what happened.
03:01You weren't surprised when Mr. O'Connell, fueled by this intense anger,
03:08punched Mr. Collins so hard that Mr. Collins died.
03:12Objection.
03:13Pure speculation and leading the witness.
03:17Agreed, Mrs. Natalie.
03:21What did Mr. O'Connell do when he discovered you'd made your statement?
03:26He verbally attacked me in public.
03:28I was frightened.
03:30It was like seeing a different side to him.
03:32He was crazed.
03:34After Mr. O'Connell calmed down, how did the situation resolve itself?
03:40He offered me a promotion and 5,000 euros.
03:43Did you accept?
03:44No.
03:46No further questions.
03:52So this crazed man, Raymond O'Connell, you continued working for him?
03:58Even after he verbally attacked you in public and you were frightened of him?
04:05Yes.
04:07Were you not in fear of your life that he might attack you at any moment?
04:11I needed my job.
04:13You can't have been that frightened of him.
04:15Yes, I was.
04:17Were you never alone in the office with him? Were you not terrified then?
04:21There was always someone coming or going. It's a shared space.
04:24It's a shared office space.
04:27With people coming and going.
04:30Yet not one other person heard Raymond O'Connell ranting that he wanted to get Mr. Collins.
04:39I can't answer for other people.
04:42So you and Hayley Collins both live in the same house.
04:49Hayley Collins is married to the father of your child
04:52and you all live there with his mother?
04:56Yes.
04:57And are you happy with that arrangement?
04:59I mean, for your son?
05:02Good family support?
05:04Yes.
05:05And having to move somewhere else would cause a lot of disruption in his life.
05:10Objection. Relevance.
05:12Did Hayley Collins pressure you to make a statement to the guards?
05:17No.
05:18Remember, you are under oath.
05:20I'm well aware of that.
05:22I suggest Raymond O'Connell was indeed annoyed.
05:27Annoyed because you were pressured to blatantly lie to the guards
05:31and make a false statement months after Mr. Collins died.
05:36No. You're wrong.
05:38I did not lie.
05:40My statement isn't false and you think I want to be up here.
05:44Yes, I work for Armando and we always got along,
05:46but I saw the way he was before Anto died.
05:50I tried to ignore it, but in the end I had no other choice
05:53but to make a statement to the guards.
05:55If you say so.
05:57No further questions.
06:01You can step down.
06:04Court will take a 15 minute recess.
06:09Are you watching the jury?
06:11Not right.
06:13Impressive.
06:14Now we're good.
06:16What you asked me to do up there is despicable.
06:19You disgust me.
06:20You and Jameson.
06:21You tried to blackmail us.
06:23I was trying to protect myself.
06:26We're coming from the same cloth.
06:28I am nothing like you.
06:32I hope Mando gets off, despite what I've done.
06:38How long are you going to be in Dublin?
06:41Depends.
06:42On?
06:43Clark.
06:44How long he's away in business?
06:47You can stop with a pretense.
06:49Sorry?
06:51I heard you on the phone earlier, ordering him to get rid of his golf clubs.
06:55Sounded kind of fun.
06:57Eavesdropping.
06:59Why didn't you tell me when I met you a couple of weeks ago?
07:03Another failed marriage.
07:05You of all people know how that makes you feel.
07:10I'm just surprised she's lasted so long together.
07:13Well, Claude's a very generous person.
07:16Yeah, but don't fleece him.
07:18I mean, yeah, it'd be boring, but he's decent.
07:22Do you ever wonder if the reason we never managed to have successful relationships
07:28is because we were never meant to break up in the first place?
07:31Huh.
07:32It's debatable.
07:34No, I think he used Helen as an excuse.
07:36But really, you were terrified of commitment.
07:42Commitment brought me nothing but heartache.
07:44Because you always expected things to go wrong.
07:47Are you on therapy or something?
07:49Oh, just older and wiser.
07:52Old, rich and single.
07:54Like yourself?
07:55Nah, I'm just old and single.
07:58Money isn't everything.
08:00Hmm.
08:03Earlier on the day of the 31st of October last year,
08:06did you have an encounter with Mr O'Connell?
08:10Yes, it was horrible.
08:12He'd already been bursting into our house, attacking Da.
08:17Da tried to explain to him that he'd gotten it wrong.
08:21No one else was blaming Da for the fire.
08:25Everyone begged him to stop, but Mondo just kept going on and on about it.
08:32Then he cornered me in McCoy's.
08:35He was shouting at me.
08:38Threatening me.
08:41Even said he'd have my baby taken away.
08:43Was that the reason your father went to the station bar that night?
08:48Yeah.
08:49Yeah, Da only wanted to get him to leave me alone.
08:52He was defending me.
08:54How did Mr O'Connell respond?
08:57He went ballistic.
09:00Then he hit Da.
09:03So hard.
09:05Right in the face, the punch knocked him off his feet.
09:11I heard the thump of his head as it hit the floor.
09:16It was like his head was smashed open.
09:19It was so much blood.
09:23Ma was screaming. I was hysterical.
09:29And then I watched the life pour out of my dad.
09:35He was my rock.
09:38He got me through after the accident.
09:43That morning he'd washed and dressed my son.
09:48All those years when his granddad had gone now.
09:58He was crying.
10:00Are you still?
10:01Just check it out.
10:05You might even get tickets for tomorrow night if you'd have to.
10:09It comes just up.
10:10Go on and I'll see you later on.
10:13Enjoy your shopping.
10:15See you then.
10:16Bye.
10:18oh yeah hey could you have that for me tomorrow yeah sure
10:24okay can i just say something it's obvious what nicola is doing
10:29you're an absolute fool to fall for it don't hold back even hughie agrees don't you i'm not getting
10:36involved
10:39she's using it ball actually nicola's the only one of my exes who didn't use me
10:46and maybe that's the reason why we get on so well because you didn't lie to my face
10:51but like the rest of you
11:01says the biggest user and liar of all time
11:10in your statement to the guards days after this tragic accident it wasn't an
11:16accident you made a sworn statement stating that mr collins could not have started the
11:22fire in the rafferty development you stated he was out of the country
11:26yes where was he he was with my brothers in the uk and you're certain about that yes objection
11:32relevance judge we've already stated that the victim mr collins is not on trial
11:38it is relevant judge get to the point then
11:44have you ever heard of the o'hagan institute
11:48doesn't ring a bell
11:50it's a rehab center a place where people go to recover from addiction
11:55well you'd know all about that wouldn't you
11:59well let me jog your memory mr collins was booked into the o'hagan institute on the
12:0428th of september 2024 eight days after the fire and you made the booking does that ring a bell
12:34ta had a gambling problem
12:36i booked him into rehab
12:38i was hoping he'd come back to ireland
12:41but he didn't come back did he because he never left the country in the first place
12:48mr collins took a flight from dublin airport on the very same day that he was booked into the o
12:54'hagan institute
12:55there is no record of him leaving the country by ferry or by plane before that
13:01this proves he was in the country on the date of the fire
13:04objection this is totally irrelevant
13:06relevance judge is that hayley collins lied to the guards
13:11and is therefore an unreliable witness
13:15it has been established that mr collins is not
13:18i repeat not on trial here
13:22and you've been instructed that this trial is not about the fire
13:26my point being that hayley collins deliberately lied to the guards
13:30to cast aspersions on my client
13:33my dad did not start that fire
13:35miss collins please
13:36no
13:37mondo was obsessed
13:38he was hounding me dad for days he was swearing he was going to get him
13:42i begged him to leave me dad alone but he wouldn't stop until he murdered him
13:46i understand your anger
13:48but you lied in your statement
13:51you're the liar you drunken slut
13:53judge
13:53my witness has had a deeply emotional day and has not recovered from the death of her father
14:00no more questions
14:02step down
14:03miss collins
14:04before i have you arrested for contempt of court
14:09the court will break for fifteen minutes
14:23where is she
14:23i don't know
14:27deckley
14:30could hayley get into trouble
14:31the judge would have dealt with it there and then
14:33he let it go
14:35but what if the guards go after her for poetry
14:38she didn't lie
14:39she believed auntie was in the uk we all did
14:42i know that
14:43we could always ask your sons to testify that auntie was with them in london
14:47that would clear it up
14:48no need for that
14:52i know
14:53i lost it in there
14:56hayley
14:57hayley
14:57you cannot have outbursts like that in court
15:01best if you go home for the rest of the day
15:04i'm going nowhere
15:06now do your job
15:07and get mondo convicted
15:11defense are up now i need to go back in
15:15maybe lee and dara should come back
15:18admit what they did to will casey
15:21are you out of your mind
15:23at least mondo's facing up to his crime
15:26whatever the outcome
15:27mondo faced up to nothing
15:28he killed anto in a pub full of witnesses
15:31and was arrested
15:34another thing i found out about that claudia one
15:36she represented will
15:37in the abuse case that cristiano took against him
15:40seriously
15:41now you open that can of worms
15:43and none of us will get in any peace
15:50kira and alex are our character witnesses
15:52why is alex
15:53going out for some air
15:54yeah
15:56mr slattery
15:57have you any more witnesses
15:59no judge
16:00the state rests
16:02mr donald
16:03call your first witness
16:05the defense calls
16:06kira cassidy
16:16i do solemnly sincerely and truly declare and affirm
16:20that the evidence that i shall give shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
16:28kira
16:29can you tell us a little about your relationship with raymond o'connell
16:33yeah
16:33i've known mondo since we were teenagers
16:35we have a daughter
16:37juliet
16:38and
16:39she couldn't have a more
16:41loving
16:42or caring father
16:43they have an incredibly strong relationship
16:46and have you ever known mr o'connell to be violent
16:50never
16:51and i've never seen him throw a punch at anybody either
16:54so can you take us through the night of juliet's lunch
16:58yeah
16:59yeah
16:59like it had all been going so well
17:01um
17:01mondo had been helping her all day and
17:03like he was
17:04really excited for her
17:05yeah
17:06and what happened when mr collins entered the bar
17:11well
17:11the atmosphere completely changed
17:14like ando just kept going for mondo
17:17like coming at him and
17:19mondo had repeatedly asked him to leave but he just wouldn't go
17:22he he kept coming back like
17:24pushing mondo and shouting at him and
17:27like
17:28mondo was angry
17:30because he knew how much the lunch meant to julia
17:33and all he wanted was for
17:35anto to leave and just to let julia have her night
17:39the last thing
17:41on his mind was him and to
17:44and if anto had just left
17:47none of this would have happened
17:49it's not mondo's fault
17:53thank you
17:58well that's yours
18:00oh thanks again
18:01it's 2.50
18:04hey nicole
18:05i don't know what that is but i can't eat it
18:08why not
18:09an imbalance of ingredients let's just say
18:12an imbalance
18:15i know you're just a man in a cul-de-sac but they're still standing
18:19nicola
18:19i literally just had one and it was delicious
18:23i don't want to change it for anything else just give me a refund
18:25no no no no
18:27you stared at the menu long enough you knew well about your order
18:29oh really
18:31well you won't like my review
18:36she'll be going back to cox soon
18:38too late
18:39she has got her hooks well into Paul
18:42he deserves
18:46alex
18:47do you share accommodation with mondo o'connell
18:51yeah i rent a room in the house
18:54would you describe mr o'connell as a good friend
18:57yeah he's always been really good to me
19:00in the days leading up to this tragic event how would you describe mr o'connell's mood
19:06particularly in relation to mr collins
19:08how do you mean
19:10i mean
19:11did you ever hear him say anything about mr collins
19:14talk about him or refer to him in any way
19:18yeah he was upset with him
19:20why was he upset with mr collins
19:23about the fire
19:25you were trapped in that fire
19:27yeah
19:28did you blame mr collins
19:30were you angry with him did you seek revenge
19:34no
19:34have you ever known mr o'connell to hold a grudge
19:38or become obsessed fixated with someone or something in the past
19:44sorry i don't understand the question
19:46for example when he suspected his girlfriend of cheating
19:51did he become obsessed with proving himself right
19:54or display any other obsession
19:56maybe i mean
19:58yeah
19:59how did this obsession manifest itself
20:03i suppose he was jealous
20:04did you witness him placing hidden cameras around the house
20:08yes or no
20:12yes
20:13did he keep track of her movements
20:17yes
20:19was mr o'connell
20:21questioned by the guards for stalking his girlfriend
20:27can you answer the question please
20:30yes he was
20:33were you concerned about his obsessive state of mind
20:38yeah
20:40did you ever attempt to talk reason to him
20:43i tried
20:45did he heed your advice
20:48no
20:50was the only thing that stopped mr o'connell's
20:53vengeful and obsessive behaviour on that occasion
20:56that he accidentally dropped his bank card
20:59while on one of his stalking missions
21:01objection
21:03overruled
21:04you may answer the question
21:09yes
21:11and as a result of his stalking
21:14was mr o'connell cautioned
21:16in a guard station
21:17as a suspect in the murder of Laura Halpin
21:20he was cautioned
21:21but
21:21that was a total mistake
21:23indeed
21:25no charges were ever brought
21:26but until he was cautioned
21:29were you concerned about his behaviour
21:32yes or no
21:38yes
21:40no further questions
21:51there you go
21:52thank you very much
21:54cheers
21:55i've been thinking
21:58you can still reduce the order from Dean
22:01and still make twice as many pizzas
22:03yeah but i can't make the bases any thinner
22:06plus demand is going
22:08so you buy it ready made from the wholesalers
22:10and you mix it with Dean's dough
22:13you mean mix it together
22:15no you keep them separate
22:17half the time nobody will even notice the difference
22:21so reduce the cost and increase the profit
22:23double win
22:26genius
22:26i knew you'd like it
22:30yeah well
22:30you know me so well don't you
22:32oh scheming and saving money always turns you on
22:41where'd that come from
22:45just talk
22:46i don't know
22:48i had a nice day
22:48we still are
22:51whatever that was
22:52it didn't happen
22:55yeah
22:56absolutely not
22:58i've already forgotten
23:04alex
23:05wait
23:06mondo
23:07i didn't know what to say right
23:08he just kept firing questions at me
23:10you had to tell the truth
23:12but he was making out like you were some kind of nutcase
23:14alex
23:16i did all those things
23:18but it's true
23:20he couldn't lie on the road
23:22i'm really sorry
23:27you go after him see if he's okay
23:28are you not coming
23:30i need to talk to claire
23:38that was rough
23:40alex was supposed to be a character witness
23:41how the hell did slattery dig that up
23:43we all have our sources
23:46i'm finished
23:47it's unfortunate
23:48but we're not done yet
23:50all right
23:51thank you
23:59stalking huh
24:02you really are something else
24:05have fun in prison
24:07murderer
24:17you just dropped a piece of the over there to venus
24:20half the usual order
24:21one minute you're doubling it
24:22next thing it's half
24:24that's business for you
24:24he had every reason to want anthony collins dead
24:27i don't think you sell the fence
24:29no
24:30he was out for revenge
24:32anto used to talk about you
24:35he said you were made of strong stuff
24:37you are
24:39you meant to make him answer for his crime
24:41you wanted him to pay for what he'd done to you
24:43yes i wanted him to pay
24:53you
24:56you
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