‘Let’s just hope she has a lenient judge.’
Speaking on the storyline that has seen her character up on serious charges after assaulting and then abandoning a child grooming creep, Irene confessed that the drama has been hard to deal with, revealing, ‘it was a gruelling thing to film.’
But away from the world of fiction, Lynne wants fans to know there is plenty of real suffering on the land, which is why she is supporting Dollars for Dust.
‘If we do something to try and help keep our farmers on their land – and it’s a case of whatever we can do – then, when the drought does break, there will be people there to plant and grow our crops, and our supermarket shelves will be full again,' Lynne tells New Idea.
You can read more about Lynne’s important work for Dollars for Dust here.