KIN star Emmett J Scanlan and his wife Claire Cooper announced they are expecting another child.
The Dubliner, who married his former Hollyoaks co-star in 2015, shared their happy news on social media this week.
Posting a photo of their son touching her baby bump, Emmett, who is best known on screen these days for playing gangster Jimmy Kinsella in RTE’s Kin, said: “Incoming…#ScanClan”.
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Cooper shared the same sweet snap, and wrote: "Our family is growing."
Fans and famous friends rushed to congratulate the couple, with Hollyoaks favourite Gemma Atkinson writing: “Beautiful. such lovely news! Congratulations x”
Irish presenter Maia Dunphy penned: “Oh such lovely news!”
Derry born author and actress Roma Downey added: “So happy for you guys.”
The actors, who played Brendan Brady and Jacqui McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, are also parents to son Ocean-Torin Scanlan, who is nearly two.
Scanlan also has a daughter, Kayla, from a previous relationship.
The announcement comes as the UK based Irish star confirmed he is back on home soil to film the second series of KIN.
He posted snaps from behind the scenes, to the backdrop of Thin Lizzy’s The Boys Are Back in Town.
Posing in a gym in front of a mirror alongside his co-star Sam Keely who plays Eric “Viking” Kinsella in the hit RTE One show, he also teased: “And so it begins…… again. #Kin2”.
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