Character | Actor | Duration | Status |
Adam Bermingham | Alan McMahon | 2007–2008 | Moved to Manchester to continue his studies. |
Xavier "Zumo" Bishop | Patrick Fitzpatrick | 2007–2013, 2016 | Left with his mother and sister after his father was murdered. He returned briefly in 2016 for Decco's wedding. |
Connie Boylan | Lisa Harding | 2009–2010 | Moved back to Australia to care for her father, Ronan. |
Anthony Brady | Ciaran Reilly | 2002–2009 | Moved to Cork to accept a job as a publisher. |
Russell Brown | Conor Delaney | 2011 | Moved to the United States with his partner Ingrid and her children Clara and Joey. |
Caitriona Cassidy | Louise Meade | 1999–2014 | Moved to Manchester to stay with her sister Kira. |
Kira Cassidy | Carla Young | 1995–2004 | Moved to Manchester with partner Mondo and their daughter Juliet. |
Cleo Collins | Jenny Kavanagh | 2006–2009 | Moved to Mullingar to live with her terminally ill mother Patricia. |
Patricia Collins | Bairbre Ní Chaoimh | ????–2010 | Moved to Mullingar, County Westmeath, with severe liver damage from alcohol abuse. |
Jennifer Conway | Karen Ardiff | ????–2010 | Applied for a job transfer to Galway, her home county. |
Kay Costello | Shiela McWade | 1989–2008 | Moved to Limerick to find employment there. |
Malachy Costello | Gerard Byrne | 1996–2009 | Moved out of Ireland, with his partner Lara and her daughter Jane. |
Ursula Cruise | Anna Manahan | 2004–2009 | Moved to live in England with her son, Enda. |
Heather Daly | Una Kavanagh | 1998–2009, 2014–2019 | Fled the first time with husband Brendan to South America, left the second time with husband Brendan again. |
Robert Daly | Sam Peter Corry | 2009–2012 | Moved to Belfast to accept a job as a lecturer. |
Terry Deegan | Julie Hale | 2001–2007 | Moved to Dublin to look after his elderly parents. |
T. J. "Tony Jr" Deegan | Ian Kenny | 2006–2007 | Moved to Dublin with his father, Terry, to look after his grandparents. |
Troy Dowling | Andrew Macklin | 2008–2009, 2017, 2020 | Moved to Benidorm to accept a job as a DJ. He returned for two weeks in March 2017 to visit his family. |
Jimmy Doyle | David Mitchell | 1991–2008 | Emigrated to Australia after his mother, Rita, was placed in a nursing home. |
Dermot Fahey | Seamus Power | 1997–2017 | Went on the run to an unknown location after robbing Paul Brennan of €1 million. |
Geraldine Fahey | Carmel Stephens | 2002–2009 | Moved out of Ireland after becoming impoverished. |
Ali Foley | Doreen Corrigan | 2005–2009 | Moved to Leeds to live with her partner Colm Joyce and her son Lorcan Foley, Jr. |
Lorcan Foley, Jr | Kyle Finnerty | 2007–2010 | Moved to Leeds to live with his mother Ali Foley and her boyfriend Colm Joyce. |
Sylvester Garrigan | Frank O'Sullivan | 2005–2006 | He is assumed to be in prison. |
Felix Jones | Yare Jegbefume | 2009–2010 | Returned to South Africa to become a patron for a local charity. |
Kylie Kavanagh | Vicky Burke | 2004–2009 | Moved to live with her mother Siobhan in Spain after being dumped. |
Bernie Kelly | Mary McNamara | 1989–2009 | Moved to Canada with relatives after the death of her mother, Mags. |
Gloria Leahy | Meagan Keogh | ????–???? | Left Ireland searching for her real father, confused over his identity. |
Ritchie Lennon | Ronnie McCann | ????–???? | Seconded after robbing a bank in County Mayo. |
Avi Bar Lev | Asaf B. Goldfrid | 2009–2011 | Abandoned business partnership with Pete and fled to London. |
James "Ringo" Leyden | Keith Duffy | 2008–2009 | Moved to Sierra Leone to become involved in work for a charity. |
Lucy Mallon | Lorna Quinn | 2011–2012 | Left after becoming engaged in transplant flirtations with Dolores. |
Seamus McAleer | Vinnie McCabe | 2005–2008 | Left Ireland to stay with daughter Lauren in Spain after Bill murdered Annette. |
Philip McGuckian | Joe Taylor | ????–???? | Fled after being unable to pay back a loan taken from a loanshark. |
Tracey McGuigan | Hilda Fay | 2001–2008 | Fled to Manchester after a dispute with a gangster. |
Robin McKenna | Orlaith Rafter | 2001–2009 | Moved to accept a job in Cork, offered by her ex-boyfriend Lennie. |
Paschal Mulvey | Brendan Cauldwell | 1996–2005 | Left to go live with his girlfriend Lily abroad. |
Lara Newman | Eilis O'Donnell | 2009 | Moved out of Ireland, leaving with her daughter Jane and Malachy. |
Cliodhna Norris | Aisling Bea | 2009 | Followed her boyfriend Ringo to Sierra Leone. |
Una Norris | Sandra Curran | 2007–2009 | Moved to Sierra Leone, recovering from the devastation caused by her brother Turlough's death. |
Angela O'Connell | Anne Kent | 2005–2009, 2016 | Ran away, after being exposed as a thief, returns for 3 months in 2016 but died of heart attack in December. |
Shelly O'Connor | Hilary Reynolds | 1999, 2000, 2004 | Left Carrigstown. |
Baz O'Reilly | Pat Ainscough | 2004 | Followed his female companion to a hideout in Surrey. |
David Osbourne | Mat Fraser | 2010–2011 | Left to accept a job in Limerick alongside his brother. |
Duncan Stonehouse | Nathan Gordon | ????–2010 | Left Ireland and enlisted with the Army in London. |
Aoife Stringer | Laoisha O'Callaghan | ????–???? | Moved to Manchester to continue with her studies. |