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Hit show Love/Hate will not return to our screens in 2015, it has been confirmed.

RTE Commissioning Editor Jane Gogan revealed the news last night after Nidge was killed off in the season five finale.

She said: "RTE can confirm that Love/Hate will not return to screens in 2015."

However, in a late statement, it was revealed that the next series of Love/Hate IS in the works.

Ms Gogan added: "A sixth series is currently in development with the writer and creator Stuart Carolan and Octagon Films.

"It’s just a week since the series finale aired and RTE, the producers and Stuart feel it’s important to take time and reflect before going to production with a sixth season.

"As a public service broadcaster RTE's principal concern is always the audience and the creative dynamic of a drama and we all want to ensure the writing, preparation and production of a subsequent series mirrors the high standards Love/Hate viewers have come to expect over the past five seasons."

Show creator Carolan had told campus.ie this week: "The next couple of days we’ll decide where we’re going and what we’re doing. We’re talking about doing a series six, if we want to do a series six.

"It’s only Wednesday, the episode was on Sunday, so we need a bit of time. It doesn’t take months to figure it out, it’ll only take a couple of hours to decide if we want another.

"All our focus had been to get through to Sunday, and how big a deal that was going to be. So hopefully we’ll figure it out real soon."

It comes as crime Lord Nidge was blasted in the chest by bomb maker Patrick in a chilling bloody finale Love/Hate season five.

Over a million fans were glued to their seats as Garda rat Siobhan finally revealed to her uncle that she had torn his drugs gang apart.

But she also got caught in the crossfire before her uncle was shot in the chest and left to die in his back garden.

Brothel boss Janet was also killed off and Nidge’s arch enemy Fran suffered a prison rape involving a snooker cue.