Creator and writer Stuart Carolan was on Newstalk’s Tom Dunne show last Friday talking about the new season and the violence in the show.

Carolan says that when people claim that the violence isn’t realistic and it doesn’t actually happen in everyday life he has evidence to back up his writing.

Is Love/Hate a realistic representation of Irish violence? Is it too violent or gratuitous for your liking? Here’s a glimpse of what lies in store for the third season: