FAIR City fans have begged producers for the return of a much-loved character as Anto faces a gambling addiction.

The drama continued tonight with Anto still in hospital after getting brutally beaten up.

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The postman has been on a downward spiral, wracking up €25,000 in debt and stealing money from McCoy’s as well as letters to fund his habit.

When wife Sharon finally kicked him out, Tommy felt bad and took him in.

However Anto then stole Tommy’s watch which was an heirloom to his family.

In a bid to sell the watch, Anto was assaulted when the deal turned sour.

Tonight, still in hospital, Anto battled against both his addiction and his growing self-hatred.

Dermot told Sharon why he was at the hospital. Dermot advised Sharon not to give up on Anto.

Hayley warned Sharon against allowing Anto to come home once he is released from hospital.

Hayley learned that Jon is in Dubai. Anto finally admitted his gambling addiction to Sharon.

Sharon found hope in Anto’s honesty.

Hayley warned Anto that he will need more than Sharon’s help to get him through his addiction.

Hayley asked Anto to go to rehab.    

However while this is going on, fans were dying to see more of Ger, Sharon’s sister.

Ger Lynch had fled the country along with Darragh and Lee to escape questioning from cops when Will turned up dead.

Ger had ordered the pair to rough up the nurse as he owed her money but things got out of hand and they killed him.

But viewers want to see Ger back on their screens.

One person wrote: “Cian has been such a great addition to the cast. Now bring back Ger!!!#FairCity.”

Others were bored by the gambling storyline.

Ciara said: “Tonight on fair city we are on day 1444 of Anto’s gambling problem #FairCity.”

MONDO’S HEARTBREAK

Elsewhere Mondo stopped Juliet from packing up Melanie’s belongings.

Mondo was left devastated on Sunday when Alex returned home from Dubai without his mother.

He then discovered that Melanie had gotten back together with her ex Jon, just as Mondo had planned to propose to her.

Tonight a desperate Mondo told Juliet he was going to Dubai.

JAMES AND CIAN

Alex felt pressured into warning Melanie of Mondo’s intention to win her back.

Melanie made contact to tell Mondo it’s over.  Mondo was crushed by the hard truth.

Meanwhile James instructed Cian to make shortcuts on-site.

As workers became disgruntled, James was horrified at Cian’s costly error on-site.

Workers started to walk out on James but Cian had a plan.

Damien hoped that the trouble on-site is enough to delay building.  

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