Mike Gleeson

Micheal "Mike" Gleeson is a fictional character in the Irish soap opera Fair City.

About Mike
Mike arrived in Carrigstown in 1996. He started a relationship with Helen Doyle. They fell in love and planned on getting married. However, she left him at the alter for Paul Brennan. A few relationships later, Mike fell in love with Helen's sister, Yvonne and they soon got married.

Yvonne was ruthless and passed this streak onto her husband. He bought the Bistro restaurant. Mike and Yvonne had a turbulent marraige. They separated for a while which resulted in Yvonne attempting suicide. Mike and Yvonne got back together after that hoping to make another go of their marraige.

Yvonne soon got bored of Mike and stated an affair with Richard Ashton. She soon became pregnant by him and was caught out by Mike. Yvonne ended up fleeing to Austrailia.

Mike then started an affair with his waitress Geraldine Fahey who was married to his rival Ken. The affair was soon sprung and Mike decided to make his relationship with Geraldine real. He allowed her to move in with her son Owen and made her manager of The Bistro.

In 2008, when Ken was leaving Carrigstown, he sold his restaurant, Fusion 2 to Mike. A few months later, Geraldine discovered that the restaurant wasnt doing well. She asked Mike to sell it so they could buy a house together. When she discovered that Mike was actually planning on buying another restaurant, she had a huge row with him and trashed the Bistro. Mike, who was furious, threw her out and ended their relationship. house together.

Mike then had to get the Bistro renovated, he hired Damien Halpin and Dominic Kavanagh to do the job. During this time, Mike attempted to get back together with Geraldine. Near the completion of the renovation, Damien and Dominic ddiscovered that the electric was faulty. Damien offered to give Mike a number of a friend who would do the job cheap while Dominic offered to do it himself. Mike wanting to save his money, said he would do it himself.

The next night, He relaunched the Bistro. During the event, the electric went out.

Family

 * Wife: Yvonne Gleeson
 * Brother: Louis Gleeson