Home and Away spoilers: Irene gets some surprise visitors in rehab!
Airs Wednesday 23 April 2025 at 1:45pm on 5.

It's been a few months now since relapsed alcoholic Irene Roberts (played by Lynne McGranger) checked herself into a rehab clinic on Home and Away (1:45pm - see our TV Guide for listings.
On today's episode of the Aussie soap, Irene's friends, Leah Patterson (Ada Nicodemou) and John Palmer (Shane Withington) are surprised when they hear she has declined an invitation to Tane Parata (Ethan Browne) and Harper Matheson's (Jessica Redmayne) upcoming wedding.
Leah and John visit Irene at the rehab clinic and try to find out why she is reluctant to attend the wedding.
Irene is planning to return to Summer Bay, right?
There is clearly something troubling Irene.
Can John and Leah get to the bottom of what is causing Irene to feel so afraid?
Dana Matheson (Ally Harris) is alarmed when she hears Cash Newman (Nicholas Cartwright) is going to QUIT as Best Man for Tane and Harper's wedding!
Dana's sister Harper is going to be very disappointed when she finds out.
Dana attempts to do some damage control and visits copper Cash at the Police Station to find out what is going on.
As the Maid Of Honour and Best Man, Dana and Cash have a duty to make this wedding as special as possible.
But can Dana convince Cash to get back onboard?
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Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Simon has written for a variety of TV magazines and websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards and hosted a Facebook LIVE session with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.
Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)
And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.
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