O’Hanlon – “From day one working in TV, I have been very conscious of the way the Irish are represented” Ardal O’Hanlon has said he removes the “Irishisms” from every show he works on because he is “very conscious of the way the Irish are represented”. The Monaghan actor, who is taking over from Kris Marshall as the star of the BBC’s Caribbean detective series Death in Paradise , told British magazine Radio Times that he has battled against Irish screen stereotypes “from day one working in TV”.