She will play Lily, the long lost mother of feisty barmaid Gwen

'Coronation Street' actor Beverley Callard on the Carrigstown set of 'Fair City'. Image: RTÉ

‘Coronation Street’ actor Beverley Callard on the Carrigstown set of ‘Fair City’. Image: RTÉ

It was a momentous end to the decade.

Communism was starting to crumble across eastern Europe; Charlie Haughey was elected taoiseach for the third and last time; and some idiot was about to spoil everything by inventing the World Wide Web. Oh well, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time.