Actors Karl Shiels and Amy-Joyce Hastings, who portray the characters Mondo O'Connell and Kira Cassidy on the Irish soap opera Fair City, are engaged to be married. The couple confirmed their engagement in late 2025.
Shiels, who has played Mondo since 2014, and Hastings, who joined the cast as Kira in 2021, began a relationship after meeting on the set of the RTΓ drama. Their characters have also been romantically linked on-screen.
The engagement was announced publicly by the actors and reported by Irish media outlets. The news has been celebrated by fans of the long-running television series.
Fair City, RTΓ's flagship soap, continues to film in Dublin. The personal milestone for the two cast members adds to the show's ongoing narrative both on and off screen.