Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 2002
No Tears
Episode directors
Stephen Burke
Based on the hepatitis C scandal that rocked Ireland in the mid-1990s. Two very different women discover that they have been infected with hepatitis C by a contaminated anti-D injection years before. Despite the devastating effects on the women and their families, they unite in a campaign group to take on the health authorities and expose the evasions and lies of the political and bureaucratic establishment.
The story
Based on the hepatitis C scandal that rocked Ireland in the mid-1990s. Two very different women discover that they have been infected with hepatitis C by a contaminated anti-D injection years before. Despite the devastating effects on the women and their families, they unite in a campaign group to take on the health authorities and expose the evasions and lies of the political and bureaucratic establishment.
Cast
Brenda FrickerGrainne McFadden
Maria Doyle KennedyKitty Fogarty
Tina KellegherMonica O'Callaghan
Ruth McCabeNuala
Ann Marie HoranPeggy
Helen NortonJoan
Jasmine RussellPatricia
Ian McElhinneyPadraig McFadden
Jill MurphyMary Fogarty
Laura BrennanFinn McFadden
Demien McAdamColm McFadden
Grainne FlanaganNieve McFadden
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Donna LyonsPeg McFadden
James GaviganCathal McFadden
Ger RyanSiobhan Cassidy
Emmet BerginJohn Bannon
Emily NagleAisling
Brian McGrathDr Hardaker
Mark LambertMinister for Health
Bosco HoganCivil Servant 1
Malcolm DouglasCivil Servant 2
Gina MoxleyOpposition Health
Barry BarnesSean Fogarty
Ali WhiteDr Rose
Barbara BrennanDolly
Lynn StylesPaula Fogarty
Jamie BakerMikey Fogarty
Noelle BrownMrs Coyle
Garrett KeoghDr Stephen Harris
Kerrie O'SullivanYoung Peg McFadden
David HerlihyBarry
Sarah FlemingYoung Mary Fogarty
Leanne HendersonYoung Paula Fogarty
Anne ByrneDr Deirdre Hearne
Kate O'TooleDr Eleanor Wiseman
Joe GallagherDr McGahern
Susie KennedyMrs Brosnan
Rynagh O'GradyHospital Woman 1
Karen BelshawHospital Woman 2
Gabrielle ReidyDr Carmody
Áine Ní MhuiríNurse
Patrick LeechDr Loughlin
Sharon HoganMrs Moran
Frank SmithEditor
Sean MaddenHealth Minister
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