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Episode 1 of the third and final series of The Dry airs on RTÉ One on Thursday April 23 at 10:15pm. All eight episodes will drop on RTÉ Player on the same night. 

The third and final series of The Dry marks the return of the Sheridans, who are about to face their biggest challenge yet. The third series unearths a huge family secret that throws everyone off kilter. Will this shocking revelation upend already fragile relations for good, or could this be the missing piece that will finally fix the Sheridan’s’ broken puzzle? As the family desperately try to forge new lives amidst the betrayals of the past, destructive patterns start to emerge, and soon it’s Shiv who might not want to face some hard truths.

BAFTA and IFTA nominee Róisín Gallagher (The Lovers, Mandrake) reprises her role as recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan. Last seen holding the seams of her dysfunctional family together and leaving her ex-boyfriend to board a plane to Melbourne by himself, Shiv now meets Daryl, a handsome and mysterious Australian stranger (Rick Donald – Population 11, Wentworth), who seemingly develops a fixation with her, turning up out of the blue at a recovery meeting.
 
Series 3 also sees original cast return including IFTA nominee Siobhán Cullen (Obituary, Bodkin) as Caroline, Adam Richardson (The Vanishing Triangle, Intruder) as Ant, Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds (Belfast, The Narrow Road to The Deep North) as Tom, Pom Boyd (Bodkin, Frank of Ireland) as Bernie, Moe Dunford (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Vikings) as Jack and Eoin Duffy (The Apprentice, The Tourist) as Rory.
 
As we raise a toast (via sparkling water) to the final sip of the soulfully sharp, critically-acclaimed comedy The Dry, the Sheridans are about to face their biggest challenge yet; a longheld family secret that throws everyone off kilter. The family desperately try to forge new lives amidst the betrayals of the past but destructive patterns start to emerge. Soon it’s Shiv, who might not want to face some hard truths, realising there’s only so long she can blame her family, the bad men in her life and even the drink: what if the real problem is just…herself?
 
With The Dry ordering its last round, expect old wounds, new truths, and a fond farewell to one of television’s driest and most thoughtfully crafted series.

The Dry is created by BAFTA nominee Nancy Harris (Dates), directed by acclaimed filmmaker Paddy Breathnach (Viva, Rosie) and is produced by Element Pictures (Normal People, Poor Things)

CAST

Róisín Gallagher as Shiv

Siobhán Cullen as Caroline

Adam John Richardson as Ant

Ciarán Hinds as Tom

Pom Boyd as Bernie

Moe Dunford as Jack

Eoin Duffy as Rory

Rick Donald as Daryl

Janet Moran as Karen

Hélène Patarot as Mina