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STREAMING giant Netflix has confirmed the news many Irish TV fans had long expected: super soap Glenroe will be available online to watch from Monday the 2nd of March.

A deal struck with RTÉ which is rumoured to be worth €20 million had been in the works for months and was officially sealed earlier this morning.

“We’re delighted to bring Glenroe back and to an international audience as well. We know the people of France, America and beyond will find the stories of Biddy, Miley and the gang as compelling as the other shows on Netflix,” said RTÉ CEO Noel Curran.

The iconic soap will be available to stream in HD for the very first time.

“We were looking for something special that our viewers could obsess over once they have binged watched the new House of Cards and in Glenroe, with its universal themes of love, family, silage and the cost of first Communion Dresses, we have the perfect show,” Netflix’s Ted Sandoros told WWN.

While the online streaming deal represents a great coup for Netflix, the question remains: is a Glenroe reboot in the works?

“It’s too early for that talk, but were the viewing figures to push over the 5 million marks that we have forecast then I think a reboot would be on the cards,” Sandoros added.

RTÉ have denied their intention to launch a gritty reboot of the beloved soap, but rumours of David Fincher’s involvement in a storyline that focuses on fuel laundering and post office closures persist.

The Colombian version of Glenroe ‘Los Locos’ has outlived its Irish original and is still watched by much of the South American nation.