Fair City star Maclean Burke and his fiancée Cat Nolan have said how lucky they feel that their families blend well together.
The actor, who plays Damian Halpin on the RTE soap, has four children, while Cat has three - making seven between the pair.
Cat also has two grandchildren.
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"I have three adult children," said Maclean. "Cillian (22), Ava (19), Jude (21) and then Beau, who is 12."
Cat's youngest child Jamie is 13 and she has two adult children.
"We're very lucky because our families blended really well," aid Cat. "We're all united and Beau and Jamie get on with each other so it hasn't been difficult."
Cat suffered a stroke in 2021, and will be on medication for life due to a blood clot in her brain. Being a parent adds extra anxiety to that health struggle as she wants to be there for her children.
"I stress that it might be happening again," Cat told the RTE Guide. "I feel like a ticking time bomb sometimes. If I'm in great form it doesn't bother me, but if I'm having a bad day, then I worry.
"I rang an ambulance myself for the stroke, because I knew the symptoms, but I was told if I had gone to sleep that I wouldn't have woken up, so of course, that is scary."
"It's not just the fear of dying that scares me," she continued. "Boys need their mother and because we're very close, I find that terrifying. So, I take good care, I request an MRI every year to make sure that it's OK."
When it comes to health struggles, Maclean has also been open about his mental health. He has suffered from depression, and says that it's "not over" for him.
"It was a long road and it's not over for me, in that I've parked some stuff for now," he said. "I'll probably go and try and deal with some issues down the road, because right now we're busy trying to raise our kids and make a life for each other."
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