Blue Lights: The police drama hitting home in Northern Ireland
As the award winning series returns, it highlights tensions between police and communities in Northern Ireland.
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"We do have similarities - she comes from a Catholic background and so do I."
— Katherine Devlin , Celebrity
"I am deeply concerned at persistent and often unjustified criticism and the outdated and unsupported views of dissident paramilitaries remaining as barriers to people seeing themselves having a career in the police."
— Jon Boutcher , Executive
Key People
Dearbháile McKinney is an actress and star of the BBC drama Blue Lights.
Jon Boutcher is the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Katherine Devlin is an actress known for her role as Constable Annie Conlon in the BBC drama Blue Lights.
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As the award winning series returns, it highlights tensions between police and communities in Northern Ireland.
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