Kathleen Hendley's house catches fire and as she has no house insurance, the residents of Ballykay rally round to help out with refurbishing it, although Assumpta is fed up that Kathleen sees her attempts to help as the work of the devil incarnate, and Niamh's offers are greeted with enormous gratitude. They put the money that they have raised on a dog but it loses and so they resort to backing Siobhan in a poker tournament at Fitzgerald's. She faces an old rival of Brian's but in the small hours of the morning, she manages to wipe the floor with him and they raise £2900. Meanwhile, Fr. Mac is putting the squeeze on Peter for a donation to the parish church, which Peter can't afford.