as Luke Denise McCormack as Linda Cooney Introduced in season 3 Jimmy Smallhorne as Christopher "Git" Loughman Jason Barry as Daniel "Dano" Loughman (Series 3–4) Seán McGinley as Tony (Series 3–4) Eve Macklin as Georgina Loughman Patrick Murray as Paddy Jim Murray as Ray Caoilfhionn Dunne as Lizzie (Series 3–5) Siobhan Shanahan as Donna (Series 3–5) Stephen Cromwell as Gary Creed Mary Murray as Janet Hartigan (Series 3–5) Lynn Rafferty as Nadine (Series 3–5) Stephen O'Brien as Terry (Series 3–5) Introduced in season 4 John Connors as Patrick Ward (Series 4–5) Leroy Harris as Glen "Ginny" O'Donoghue (Series 4–5) Brían F. O'Byrne as Mick Moynihan (Series 4–5) Kieran O'Reilly as Ciarán Madden (Series 4–5) Aaron Heffernan as Gavin (Series 4–5) Peter O'Meara as Andrew Reddin Barry Keoghan as Wayne Introduced in season 5 Paudge Behan as Terrence "Big Balls" May Johnny Ward as Paulie Lawless Production Commissioned by RTÉ Drama, it is produced by Octagon Films. The producers are Simon Massey, Suzanne McAuley, and James Flynn. Shooting for the first series began on 12 October 2009. The show is written by Stuart Carolan and initially directed by David Caffrey. The director of photography is Donal Gilligan and the show was filmed on the RED camera, a digital cinema camera, now the Arri Alexa. The production designer is Stephen Daly and the costume designer is Aisling Wallace Byrne. The show is edited by Dermot Diskin. The second series began filming in late March 2011 on location in Dublin. On 12 December 2011, RTÉ.ie reported that a third series was in development. On 17 January 2012 this was confirmed by RTÉ. On 18 December 2012, Irish Independent reported that "filming for the fourth series of Love/Hate is expected to get underway early in the New Year". The first episode of the fourth series was broadcast on 6 October 2013. In November 2013, RTÉ released Love/Hate season 4 on DVD. In September 2014, series 5 began airing on RTE1. it received high acclaim for its grittier storyline, something that some fans believed had been missing from the fourth series. The series finale was watched by over 1 million viewers and got rave reviews for ending it on a shocking cliffhanger, which included the killing of fan favourite Nidge. The show was officially cancelled in 2017 when John Connors confirmed there would be no more episodes produced, despite early reports that the show would