John

Don Fisher although I quite like Maggie as well.

This is an excerpt from Irene's character bio on the main site. Having failed to find a replacement, Don arranged for her to attend secretarial classes and the rest as they say is history. She remained the school secretary for a long time becoming very much an integral part of the school. Whilst working there part time while she attended Uni to do an English Literature degree part time. This bio can be found here. https://www.backtothebay.net/characters/irene-roberts/

I think that the original "band of brothers" concept was a good one. Three boys from a disadvantaged background who had grown up the hard way with only themselves to rely on. I think that explained why they didn't integrate into the Summer Bay community. For me it could only ever have been a short term storyline and was carried on far too long to the point where it really stretched credulity.