Diane is much like a professional racing horse in one crucial aspect - she never gets an easy ride. In every other sense, she is, of course, absolutely different…

The task of steering her non-biological daughter Sinead down the twisted path of young adulthood has left Diane, quite frankly, worn out. Along the way, Sinead has brought a lot of trouble to Diane’s door, including teenage pregnancy, bullying scandals and good-for-nothing runaway rogues on motorbikes.

Even when it made her unpopular, Diane has always stood by Sinead, as well as Sinead’s brother Finn. They were the children that she could never have of her own, having been diagnosed as infertile years ago. You can imagine then what a shock it was when Diane discovered recently that she was pregnant with Tony Hutchinson’s children!