Coming up on Home and Away in Australia, heartache is on the way in Summer Bay as a much-loved resident says goodbye for good.
TV Week reports that either Irene (Lynne McGranger), Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) or Felicity (Jacqui Purvis) are set to die in upcoming episodes….but which will it be?
Does Irene die?
Viewers have recently seen Irene fall off the wagon after being scammed by conwoman Bronte Langford (Stefanie Caccamo).
As Bronte was led into the cells at Yabbie Creek police station, her comments that she just needed a stupid, gullible, old woman cut deep for Irene.
After nine years of sobriety, Irene succumbed and bought herself a bottle of whiskey to numb her pain.
Irene managed to keep her drinking under wraps at first, despite a clear change in attitude towards her friends and a disastrous interview with the Coastal News, but after dropping a bottle when John (Shane Withington) turned up expectedly, he walked in to find her weeping over the broken glass.
Irene agreed to attend an AA meeting and assured John that she was back on track after her blip.
But as John headed to the city to visit son Jett and daughter-in-law Lindsey, Irene began openly drinking wine with Leah (Ada Nicodemou) and Marilyn (Emily Symons) after inviting them to Salt.
Irene has been determined to show that she can function as normal, whilst still enjoying the odd social drink with her friends, but has continued drinking harder spirits in secret.
John suspected as such following Irene’s dinner party last week, and spotted her dumping her empties in a bin near the surf club.
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<p>After John confronted Irene with the evidence, she angrily told him that their friendship was over before throwing him out.</p>
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<p>Upcoming episodes will see Irene suffer an accident at home after another heavy drinking session.</p>
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After alienating people further as she demands to be left alone, Irene hits the whiskey. However, as she tries to climb the stairs in her drunken state, she loses her balance and falls.
