Fourth season of Love/Hate to be broadcast early next month

The eagerly anticipated fourth season of RTÉ’s hit drama Love/Hate is set to be broadcast early next month.

While no official confirmation has been forthcoming from RTÉ, The Irish Times understands the date of commencement for the new season is October 6th.

The series, starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Robert Sheehan, was extremely popular and was widely said to have broken new ground for the State broadcaster.

Speaking in April, RTÉ’s managing director of television Glen Killane said he envisaged the show going on for at least two more seasons.

He said a series like it needs to have 20 episodes to be viable for sale to an overseas audience and Love/Hate was approaching that figure.

He envisaged a fifth series of the drama, but it would be up to the production team to keep it going.