Francis Cooney

Francis “Fran” Cooney also known as “Frano” is a psychotic, dangerous and amoral gangster of the Dublin criminal underworld, originally a fierce rival of John Boy Power, he becomes involved with Nigel Delaney and his crew serving as one of Nidge’s main enforcers in the gang, unbeknownst to him that Nidge was the one responsible for the pipe-bombing of Fran’s house and the disfigurement of his wife Linda Cooney. After a few major disagreements with Nidge, Fran eventually finds out the truth and attempts to kill Nidge in revenge but is imprisoned for possession of a firearm, Fran’s story ends with him being brutally sexually assaulted by Noley Hughes as payback for Fran destroying his mother’s grave. It is unclear what happened to Fran after this encounter, but is suggested he may have died from internal bleeding from the horrific attack. He is a major antagonist in the TV Series ‘Love/Hate’ serving as the secondary antagonist in Series 2 and the villainous secondary tritagonist in Series 3-5.