RTÉ has said it has "no plans" for a new series of Love/Hate after actor John Connors said production was due to begin later this year.
Connors appeared on Virgin Media's Six O'Clock Show on Thursday and told hosts Brian Dowling and Katja Mia that the gritty crime drama would be back on screens next year.
He said: "Yeah. It is coming back. It's going into production later this year, so it'll be out next year. Seriously, this is an exclusive. I wasn't meant to say it until tomorrow. I'm being serious, hand on my heart.
"I can't reveal the plot or anything, but yeah. I'll be in it and I can't really reveal who else is in it but it's going ahead again. It's very, very exciting but it's a long time since we did it."
In response to Connors' Virgin Media interview, an RTÉ spokesperson said: "There are no plans for a new series of Love/Hate. Fans can watch all five series on RTÉ Player."
Following the interview, Connors shared a video on his Instagram account insisting that Love/Hate would return, but not on RTÉ.
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He said: "It's not on RTÉ, it's on Netflix. They're bringing it back a bit like what they did with Top Boy."
A source close to Netflix denied to RTÉ Entertainment that any deal had been done to produce new episodes of the hit crime show.
Connors continued: "I'll give you a little exclusive on it, we're shooting back-to-back seasons, season six and season seven.
"Is Nidge alive? Nidge is alive, but that's all I can say on Nidge.
"I'm doing a full episode on The Sons Of Katie podcast with my brothers with the writer Stuart Carolan and we're going to break some really exciting news about the show and what's going to be happening."
Carolan's gritty crime drama, which depicts the lives of fictional characters in Dublin's criminal underworld, burst onto screens in 2010 and ran for five seasons.
The gangland series made stars of its cast, including Robert Sheehan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Ruth Negga, Killian Scott, Charlie Murphy, Peter Coonan and Aidan Gillen, and is considered one of the greatest Irish television dramas of all time.
