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Jack Driscoll.

Okay. Stay away from the body.

Where is he now?

No. Tell your husband not to approach the suspect.

No, not to approach the suspect. He could be dangerous.

I'll be there in 5 minutes.

I need you out here now Finbar. I'm looking at a suspicious death.

Apparently the neighbours have spotted the suspect.

Ah look Jack, I'm miles away.

I'm kind of busy.

Quick as you can. Phone an ambulance.

Okay, okay. I'm coming.

Will the pair of you hurry up. Come on, get into the car.

Come on. Chop chop!

Don't get any of that ketchup on the seats.

The guards are here.

Look, he's there. Tommy!

There he is. Come on!

He's dead, isn't he?

Yeah, he's dead.

Stay with him. Don't touch anything. There's an ambulance on the way.

They're in the woods. Over there.

I'll come back for you.

Get out of there..

You think you could take me. Come on, then.

You killed the old man. We saw you.

I thought inbreds couldn't see.

Is that your father back there?

Go on. He's hurt himself.

Murderer.

I'm not frightened of you.

One of yours? Yeah.

Stay with him.

Seamus Devlin. You know him?

No. You? No.

Doctor's gone? Yeah, some emergency somewhere.

What did he think? Coronary.

He won't confirm until the path report is in.

Have you arrested him? How well did you know Mr. Devlin?

Not well. He kept himself to himself.

Tell me exactly what happened.

We were all just looking forward to the barbecue.

Then we saw that one there running from Mr. Devlin's house.

Sure we knew straight away where he was from.

You thought he was from the Beaufort Centre?

Yes. They're supposed to be teaching them a bit of responsibility

but they're like animals, the lot of them.

Who was it found the body? It was me, Louise Mullen.

Frail old man like that.

Someone needs to get hold of these kids and teach them a bloody lesson.

Is that what you were going to do?

This isn't the first time he's been around here.

He was caught only last week trying to steal from the local shop.

Sergeant, we've been having trouble with these kids for months.

Something like this was bound to happen one day.

Have you reported this trouble?

We've asked Mr. McGlinchy himself half a dozen times to keep them away from here.

It doesn't do any good.

Did anyone see him strike Mr. Devlin? It was me who called you.

He'd have been miles away otherwise, laughing at us.

But did anybody actually see him strike the man or even with him?

No. He was there by the body.

Jack. Excuse me.

I'm sorry but I have to be getting on or the missus will have my balls on toast.

I need you to go up to the hospital after the body.

Sure I've still got the kids in the car.

Come on Jack. This is my last day of paternity leave.

Okay but that's all I can do.

Get your kids inside. I'll need to take all your details later on.

He's on probation. This is his last week with us.

He's doing pretty good so far.

I can't believe that he'd attack an old man.

He's a handful but he's not vicious.

Where are you from Ruairi?

Limerick. He's from Limerick.

Can you tell me what happened?

Did you phone my da yet? Answer the guard.

You said you'd call him. There's a man lying dead.

Nothing to do with me.

It isn't.

Tell me what happened.

We got lost. Who's we?

He was on an expedition with two other lads. Liam and Conor.

Wankers.

I went to find a phone to get help.

You're supposed to stay together. That's the rule.

Stay together! Sit up there on that bloody mountain..

That's enough.

If you want to come down to the station and do this I'm more than happy.

What happened to Liam and Conor? Don't know. I walked off.

You came down to these people to ask for help?

These people. You're joking me. I went over there.

Why over there? Don't know. He looked more friendly.

And what happened?

I knocked on the door and there was no-one in.

Then I went to go.

I looked over there and there was this old man lying on the ground.

Was he breathing?

Don't know.

I don't think so.

I was going to give him the kiss of life but he had like all this

froth around his mouth so..

Then all these people came chasing after me screaming and shouting so I ran off.

Why did you run if you hadn't done anything?

Like I was going to stand there!

Sure you saw them. They wanted to kill me.

Why don't you arrest them? Ruairi.

He should arrest them for trying to kill me. Let's get him out of here.

Take him back to the centre.

I'll be out to talk to him again as soon as I'm done here.

Are you thinking to change the name to Costello's?

I'm looking into it.

How's Kathleen and the new twins? They're fine.

Come on in.

There's none of us getting much sleep, mind you.

When I joined the guards you'd have laughed at the notion of paternity leave.

I'm telling you, you got out at the right time.

Don't I know it. I don't see much of your boss in here.

He's still settling in to his comfortable new quarters.

I used to complain about living on top of the job.

But the Garda station suited us fine. 11 euros a week.

Do you know how much my mortgage is now?

Two extra mouths to feed.

And have you any idea how much a double buggy costs!

PHONE RINGS.. Costello's.

Bad luck. Where abouts are ye?

Okay, you sit tight. I'll get somebody out there.

20 minutes at most. Not trouble at all. Bye.

Fancy a spin out to the old industrial school?

Sure I've still got the kids out the front.

I'll keep an eye on them for you. Cash.

Right so.

Hello there. Can you believe they hired me this thing without a jack?

Fortunately I can. And the state of your roads.

Should've gone for an SUV.

Anything I can do for you? No, it's alright thanks.

Got the breakdown coming out.

Sorry. Do you mind? It's the uniform.

It's a lot nicer than ours. Should see me in my cap.

Looks like your breakdown service has arrived.

That was quick. Very efficient service.

Jack. I'm just helping these good people out.

So what's the starting price on Mr. Devlin?

Am I talking to the guard or the AA man?

I'm off to the Beaufort Centre. The kid's story doesn't add up.

You could do me a favour by finding out a bit of background on our victim.

I've got the kids. A couple of phone calls.

And Finbar, you know you've a great big heap of stuff at the station I want cleared out.

I'll get rid of that as soon as I have a spare minute. Don't worry.

Liam. Liam. What?

Are you afraid of heights? No.

Don't fall.

Ruairi, what did I tell you?

Is that the two that were with him? Liam and Conor.

I'll talk to them first. You two.

We haven't done anything. Ruairi's always fucking around.

There's a man dead. You were nearby when it happened.

I want to know about you two and Ruairi and getting lost.

We weren't lost. We wanted to finish the expedition.

Ruairi wanted to do something else. As usual.

What did he want to do? I don't know.

You do know.

He was just messin'. Check something he'd seen the other day. What?

Some sticks or something. Sticks?

There was a shed, right. Near where this old man lived.

Ruairi said it was full of knives and sticks and stuff.

And Ruairi wanted one? We didn't want to.

So you just left him? Yeah.

Okay.

Don't wander off.

Ruairi!

Look at me.

You didn't go to the old man's house to use the phone.

You went there to steal something.

I wanted a drink. You were after a knife or a stick.

You don't want to be listening to those two.

Stealing is what you were sent here for.

Breaking into people's houses and stealing things.

No. I went there for a drink.

Get your rucksack. What?

Get your rucksack!

I said empty it.

Okay. What else did you take?

Sure no-one wanted it. It was lying on the ground and it's broken.

I mean from inside the house. I never went inside the house.

I'm taking him back to the station.

I think he's telling you the truth Jack.

There's nothing here, is there? There's this.

Which is enough to hold him on. What do you mean hold him?

He's not telling the truth. Come on Jack.

If you charge him now you know what's going to happen.

He'll be back in court and inside within a week.

Why does nobody seem to appreciate the seriousness of what's happened?

I can't let you take him in. Please.

At least wait until I can get his probation officer up from Limerick.

And give him a chance to come up with another story? He has rights.

If you take Ruairi in now then he's out of chances.

If the Mullins saw him assault the old man then arrest him.

But they didn't, did they?

I want him and his probation officer in the Garda station first thing in the morning.

In the meantime watch him. Keep him away from the rest of the kids.

Do you ever wonder why there are so many people desperate to show an Irish passport to the world?

Used to be just the yanks. Now the Brits are at it as well.

Sure let them all have one, as long as they pay for it.

Right. I better get these two home. Okay.

Come on.

Don't worry, I'll settle up with you.

Plenty more little jobs like that coming up. Okay.

Is there any chance of getting scenes of crime to take a look?

I know but I'm a man down here.

Okay.

What's the story? Rory's still denying everything.

There were letters and papers all over the place.

Somebody's been in the house. After money?

Possibly. I've been onto division.

They're not going to send anybody down for a suspected coronary.

Where's the kid now?

Waiting for his probation officer to come up from Limerick.

So he's got form then. Yeah. I'm going to caution him first thing.

See if that'll make him think.

But you don't have a cause of death? I don't even have a positive ID.

You turn up anything on our Mr. Devlin? No.

From what I can tell he was living out there like a hermit. Ex con?

Or a psychiatric case. Might explain the low profile.

That's me done. You do know you've upstairs to clear yet?

How are ye? Hi.

Hello there.

If you're looking to claim off the insurance they usually want one of these.

Actually it's not about that. It's a personal thing.

Is your mother called Eithne Doyle? Eithne, yes.

Her maiden name was Doyle but she's Driscoll now.

Right, brilliant. Well my name is Brian Doyle.

I think we might be related.

We spoke to this really helpful woman at the library in town.

She recognised the name Doyle and thought of your mum.

I had no idea my dad might've actually come from round here.

I never heard my mother mention a brother called Sean.

I was told all her family went abroad to America or Australia.

I know it's a long shot.

But it's possible isn't it, that you two could be related?

It's possible.

Did the woman at the library tell you the school had been open for almost 50 years?

A lot of boys through those gates.

Doyle isn't an uncommon name.

I just think it'd be great if Brian found out he wasn't on his own.

If he had family somewhere like everybody else.

That might depend on the family.

I still think we should've called your mum first.

No. She likes a mystery.

Mam?

Well, I did have a much older brother who was named Sean.

I never heard you mention him. No, you wouldn't have.

I was 4 years old when Sean left home.

I remember coming in from school one day and he wasn't there.

Our father said he'd gone to a school to learn a trade.

I've got a very clear memory of him coming into my bedroom

very early and putting this book in my hand.

I was four as well.

It was the last time I saw him.

They seem like decent people.

Don't they, to anyone.

What can I tell them? I don't remember anything about him.

You must remember something. I'd like to know more.

I don't agree with this, searching for lost relatives and

who do you think you are.

You don't go digging up the past if you're happy in the here and now.

We all want to know where we come from.

And you only have to look into your own heart to find out.

If you don't want to help them, fine.

I got the impression he was a bit of a lad. Always up to something.

Did your parents divorce? No. I don't think that was ever an issue.

Not for my mum anyway. I do know it wasn't easy for her though, on her own.

I'm sure it wasn't but she did a good job and I'm only

sorry I can't tell you any more about your father.

My mother was the baby of the family. Isn't that right Mam.

By a long way. And the only one to stay in Ireland.

It's odd though, isn't it.

That he went to school so close but he didn't come home.

You knew it was St. Augustine's, didn't you?

I was a small child Jack.

I wouldn't have had any idea what was going on.

The school was run by Christian Brothers.

I believe they were heavy on discipline.

They were hard men alright.

They were. But there were good men there too.

A lot of those boys got a chance to learn a trade and make something of themselves.

But you never visited Sean?

Ireland was a very different country then.

An entirely different place to what you see now.

We had no car. We had to walk everywhere.

When we came in from school we had to help our mother.

The boys had to go to the fields to help our father.

Must've been really hard on your mum though.

Having a child away at school like that.

That's the sacrifice you made if you wanted them to have

a better chance for themselves. People left this country in droves.

Looking for work, a future. Whole families.

Sure your own father ending up in England.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.

There's a tragedy here is what I'm saying.

People come here now to look at the view.

I don't think they know what it is they're seeing.

So tell us about yourselves. Are you enjoying Ireland? Where are you staying?

Just down the road. At Costello's Hotel.

Costello's. What made you stay there?

Saw the hotel sign.

Is there a problem? Take no notice.

Mr. Costello's an old colleague of my father's.

They were both in the guards.

What my mother means is that it's not a proper hotel. Isn't that right Mam?

Not in my book it's not. I believe he has disco music there now.

It does get a bit noisy in the evening.

But it's only for a couple of days.

We can't have these two staying in Costello's when there's a spare room here.

Are you sure? You're family now, aren't you.

No, really.

You can ask all the questions you want and I'll dig out whatever I have.

Can't have you going home empty-handed.

Well... Only if you're absolutely sure.

Come back in the morning, I'll have your room ready.

Eithne, can I take a photo? Of me? No.

Brian and Jack.

Gorgeous. Great.

I'll drop ye home.

See you in the morning.

They should be here.

Not sharing our secrets with the likes of Denis Costello.

So why was he sent away to school?

Sean was never discussed. Not in my presence.

He's 10 years old. He's sent away to school,

an industrial school, and never mentioned again?

I think.. It would've broken my mother's heart to hear his name.

It's strange, do you know?

You get this far and you hit a blank.

There's only so far you can go online.

Maybe Eithne will find something.

She's already said she doesn't know anything.

Couldn't you find out a bit more Jack? As a copper I mean.

You can't ask Jack to.. No, it's fine.

I'd like to help if I can.

There you go. That's great, fantastic. Thanks Jack.

One for the road? Not for me, thanks.

It means a lot to him. Too much.

I think Brian's image of his dad is a bit of a fantasy.

Once Brian gets an idea in his head though..

Have you known each other long? 7 years.

That's as good as married. Hardly. What about yourself?

Married me? No.

There was someone I was serious about but it wasn't going anywhere.

She lived in Dublin. Didn't want to move here.

Slainte.

Slainte. Slainte.

If you give me your email address I'll send you those pictures.

Grand. You should sleep well anyways.

There's no music tonight.

I'll see you tomorrow. Yeah, seeya Jack.

Well, if the kid dumped anything out here, it's mush by now.

You're not even sure if this is a murder.

Seamus Devlin died of a heart attack but the pathologist thinks

the bruising on his chest may have contributed.

Ruairi took something from that house so anything you find..

Money, bits of paper, a weapon..

Gardai.

Jack, will you have a coffee? No thanks.

On the house. What can I do for you?

I think you'll find it's what can I do for you.

That fat fuck's got my mobile.

He's got a nice mouth on him, hasn't he.

How long has he been down here?

Some time during the night I found him in the bar, large as life.

Were you after a drink? I was trying to get out of the rain.

Probably planning a party at McGlinchy's. - Get up here.

He kidnapped me. You'd want to arrest him.

I was protecting my property.

You've had him in here all night?

Should I have dragged you from your bed? Yes, you should.

I'll remember that next time I try to do you a favour.

Don't think I won't be pressing charges!

Are you going to let him get away with that?

Any idea who he is?

The man's an ex-Garda inspector.

Pat McGlinchy's sticking his neck out for you.

Time you stopped winding people up and starting telling the truth.

Jack.

Where are you going? I'm just going over to have a coffee.

Did you find anything? No.

After you've had your coffee check up on Devlin.

Criminal record, army service, whatever. Right.

Howya Dennis. Finbar.

You can leave those boots at the door. Were you out on a bloody hike or something?

Don't ask. I'm up to here with it.

He's running you ragged alright.

So tell us, what's the kid been up to now?

He broke in here last night while I was in my bed.

I found him in the bar. Can you believe the nerve of him?

Yeah. What did you do? I made a citizen's arrest.

Until yer man arrived just now.

If you want respect you have to command it.

Indeed you do.

I know you broke into the old man's house. No.

Just like you broke into the bar.

Breaking and entering is your speciality.

You want to believe it, you go ahead.

The old man heard you and he came after you with a stick.

That's how the stick got broken.

Then you put it in your bag. A trophy.

I also think you hit him, possibly when he was already down.

Alright, I'll tell you the truth will I?

I found the stick thing lying there on the ground.

Then when all those people came chasing after me I picked it up to defend myself.

Ruairi, I know you were inside the house!

You'd been through the drawers. There were papers all over the place.

You're not allowed to question me, not without an appropriate adult.

And I'm going to press charges against that Costello.

I told her, promotion means moving.

We do need the money alright but she hasn't thought the thing through.

You don't want to be sent just anywhere.

Well you try telling her that.

New school for the kids, no friends, none of our family around.

Sure she has no idea of the upheaval.

I think it's some sort of post natal thing she's got going on.

Should've been a bit quicker on your feet.

Should've told her they were freezing all new postings. Cutbacks.

She'd already opened the letter.

A new posting is all very well if you're connected.

Say your father was a guard in the place before you and could oil your wheels a bit.

But you're not connected, are you?

I'm telling you. You get nowhere in this job without a friend.

Did you not know that by now?

Tell him what that stupid fucker did to me. Be quiet.

I'm sorry. His probation officer should've been here by now.

And you, you have to push everything to the limit. Don't you.

You'd no idea he'd gone, did you? I can't watch them all night.

I told you to look after him.

I was doing ye both a favour by not arresting him yesterday.

What am I supposed to do, chain him to the bed?

This is not a prison.

Let me try his probation officer again.

That's a great view, isn't it?

You ever wonder why everybody's bending over backwards to help you?

Ye all get paid for it. Cos we're all mugs.

You're not supposed to be up here you know. Health and safety.

I don't think that applies to me.

That's where you're wrong cos it applies to everybody.

Where my da works they make you take a test to prove you can wash your hands properly.

Where does your dad work? On the oil rigs.

He's away a lot then, is he?

Yeah.

Brothers and sisters? My eldest brother is in the army.

Next one is a ballet dancer.

Is that right?

So which one do you take after?

Am I killer or a gay boy? You know what I mean.

They've both got careers. You got sent here.

No, I volunteered to give my ma a rest cos I was doing her head in.

And now you've given her another headache. It's not my fault, is it?

You think it's great here but it's not. It's shit.

You can't do what you want and you have to do what they want.

Ruairi.

This guy right. McGlinchy.

The guy's a homo. You never know when to stop.

Seriously. I tell you if he tries it on with me I'll stab him.

Some emergency. His probation officer can't get here.

That doesn't leave me any choice. I have to put him under caution.

Come on.

You know what I think?

I think you won't help yourself because you're frightened.

Well that's where you're wrong. I've done everything.

The rock climbing, the surfing, the canoeing.

Yeah. All the easy stuff.

Where are we going? You know what that place was?

Yeah, a monastery. Everyone says it's haunted.

It wasn't a monastery. It was a school.

St. Augustine Industrial School.

Have you ever been inside a young offenders institution? No.

Not so long ago, if you were poor, if your family couldn't afford

to keep you or if you got in trouble with the guards,

this is where you might've ended up.

Take a good look. I'm looking.

I just found out an uncle of mine was sent here.

What did he do, rob a bank? No.

He stole a bar of chocolate. He was 10.

He stayed here till he was 16.

Never saw his family again.

Must've been some sort of sad kid.

They'd have never kept me here. Not for a bar of chocolate.

You'd have just walked out? Gone.

You couldn't even finish your little expedition.

These kids didn't even have a decent pair of shoes on their feet.

They lived on food you wouldn't feed your dog.

You don't know any of this, do you?

He's not my uncle, is he.

Get back in the car. I'm hungry.

I'll get you something.

Hiya Jack. Hi Aine.

Listen. Did you ever come across an elderly man, Seamus Devlin?

Lived out near Finn Mine.

I heard what happened to him. Terrible.

He was in here a few times but mostly had his shopping delivered.

How did he pay? Always cash.

So you wouldn't have a record of a bank account or anything?

No. 1.50.

Anything at all that might tell me something about him? Sorry.

You must've had a conversation with him.

Well he wasn't very talkative. Thanks.

He was an old man. They always like to talk.

Not this one. I had the feeling he was a bit of a recluse.

No-one can believe it. An old man living on his own like that.

Well if you do think of anything that might be useful.

Of course. Jack.

Somebody said he lived in Limerick at one time. Does that help?

It might. Thanks.

Seeya.

Hi there.

Saw you pulled over. Wondered if you found anything yet.

What am I meant to do with this?

Looks as though your father was sent to the school.

By the family? No. By the authorities.

Been in a spot of trouble. It was a punishment.

For stealing. It was in what we used to call the of fences book.

What did he steal?

Chocolate. He stole a bar of chocolate. You're kidding me?

Sent away for 6 years for nicking a bar of chocolate.

That's awful.

It was a harsh system. Once they had their hands on you..

It's great in a way, that you found something.

There'll be more out there, won't there? There might be.

There's bound to be. You'd know where to find it.

See, that's what comes of having connections.

Nice one Jack. Well done.

I did try and warn you. He must be a good salesman.

Just don't let him bully you. No. See you later.

You better clean that up when you're finished.

Sergeant Driscoll.

Hi. Thanks for getting back to us.

So nothing at all?

No, that's very helpful.

Actually, while I've got you, could you look up another name for me?

Sean Doyle. DOB 21/9/44.

No, I'll hold.

Seamus Devlin doesn't have a prison record.

Did you have any luck with pensions? I'm still waiting.

There's more bin bags out back if you need them. Right.

No, I'm still here.

Are you sure?

[Can you give me the address?]

No, thanks. That's grand. Thank you very much.

That's assault. He's at it again. Thieving.

What the hell is he doing here? I was looking for the toilet.

You know where it is. Get off me.

What are you looking at, queer boys?

Who did that to you Ruairi? Fuck off.

Sergeant Driscoll asked you a question.

[You tell anyone and I'll say it was you.]

We could both end up in the dock here. Why haven't you charged him?

We need an appropriate adult. Fine, I'll get one.

Let's just do it and get him out of here. But not now.

I need to take care of something else first.

Family stuff.

As soon as I'm back. And in the meantime?

You'll manage. Just look after him.

I'm not going to let him ruin my chances of promotion Jack.

We better find out who put those marks on his back before he

goes pointing the finger at us.

Which room is he in? Top of the stairs, to the right.

Don Doyle?

Are you arresting me?

No.

I'm not arresting you.

That was my father's way.

I know what he did to you Sean.

I'm Jack Driscoll. Eithne's son.

Your Eithne.

I'm not here because of anything you've done.

This is about family.

Have you come to apologise? For what?

Luring away my paying customers.

I hear they're staying at your mother's place now.

I'm here about Ruairi. Someone's taken a stick to him.

Is that right?

You think it might've been me?

You had him locked in here half the night.

A very serious allegation to make against a fellow guard.

Ex-guard.

Have you asked him who it was? He's not saying.

So you're acting on no evidence whatsoever.

You're making an assumption of guilt, is that?

If I'd have given him a clatter I wouldn't have left a mark you could find.

The one you should be talking to is your old pal, McGlinchy.

Up there in his little boys home.

Jack.

Ruairi has marks on his back, from a beating.

Half these kids are here because people have responded to them with violence.

More often than not it's guards like you. Really?

That's not how we do things. Here we listen to what the kids tell us.

It's what we believe in. I know what your mission statement is.

I know you're doing a good job here Pat.

Given time I think you might even get through to Ruairi

but he's been hit by somebody and I had to rule you out.

It might even help his case.

You haven't charged him yet? No.

Are Liam and Conor around?

No way. We never touched him.

Ruairi is a liar. Is he?

What is it boys? Tell him the truth.

Get over there.

I said get over there.

Well?

It was the old man. The day he died?

No. A few days before.

That would've been when the neighbours complained.

What happened? We found the shed full of sticks.

We were just looking but Ruairi wanted to take one. And?

The old man saw him. We ran. From a frail old pensioner?

He was old but he was fast, you know.

He came after us with one of those sticks.

But he hit Ruairi? Yeah. Across the back.

Are we too late for lunch? No, you're alright.

Go on, sit in there.

Hurry up. Sit down.

Jack.

We've got him.

The marks on Ruairi's back. That was Devlin a couple of days before he was killed.

Ruairi must've come back to get even with him.

That's a result. So you're on your way back?

No, I've got to pick my uncle Sean up.

No. Don't worry, he's not going anywhere.

Here. What are you doing?

The regulars are going to love that.

You can't just handcuff me like that. It's against my rights.

Jack should've charged him and sent him packing when he first found him.

Instead of which he's swanning round the country entertaining his cousin.

Meanwhile I'm lumbered.

The little bollocks has already had a go at me.

Did he give you any trouble when you had him in the cellar?

Don't you start.

I've already had your boss in accusing me of police brutality.

You want to make sure you log that as an assault.

Something like that could have you off work for weeks.

By the way. Your transfer.

I don't think you'll need to worry about getting moved anywhere just yet. I had a word.

There was no need to do that. No problem.

Nevertheless, it's not going to solve my immediate cashflow problems.

Aren't you lucky you have me to put a bit of extra work your way then.

What are you having? I'll have a steak and chips.

Good man. Will you? And how would you like the steak?

Well done.

Two cheese toasties.

And I want my phone back as well.

Never mind the phone.

Are you sure about this Sean?

Brian's waiting for you at my mother's.

How old were you when they took you in for stealing that bar of chocolate?

I was ten.

Can you even remember it?

I can remember the guards coming to the house.

One of them lifted me up and carried me to the car on his shoulders.

They had these thick, heavy uniforms in those days.

Not like the little jackets you have now.

I thought I was going on my holidays.

My own father gave you a hard time.

He arrested you more than once.

Well, your father got used to having things all to himself.

He didn't like me showing up, looking for my share.

So you did as you were told and you stayed away.

I did until I read about your father's death in the paper.

I thought I ought to make my condolences to your mother.

You came to see her?

I did of course.

And did you? See her I mean.

I did. I said my peace and then I went on my way.

Get back.

What? Sit down.

You can finish emptying the cupboard upstairs. What?

Chop chop.

Shrek. Don't try anything.

You'll be getting a full body search before you leave here.

Let's give him a minute to catch his breath. I'll bring him in.

Are you alright? Yeah.

How are you Eithne? I'm well.

Did you have a pleasant drive over? Very nice, thanks.

Would you like to come inside? Brian is waiting to meet you.

I think Sean might like to see Brian on his own first.

That's a good idea.

Will I just take a walk up to the old place? Why not.

You recognise him, don't you?

Why didn't you tell me he'd come to see you after Dad died?

Someone saying he's my brother, it could be anyone.

Turns up out of nowhere. Before I even knew what was going on he was way off down the road again.

He had drink taken, I know that.

Brian.

Will you come with me?

Sean.

Brian, this is Sean.

Your father.

Hello Brian.

Would you believe there were 8 of us sleeping in that one little room.

Eight. Another world.

Did you know Mum was dead?

I did hear about it. A long time after.

But you didn't get in touch.

No. It was too late for that.

Do you remember this?

You kept it.

I used to tell my mates that St. Augustine's was like some

public school for rich kids.

It wasn't that sort of school.

No, it wasn't.

Okay, so you had a rough time.

But everyone else learns how to be a father.

People make mistakes but they have a go, don't they.

Most do, seem to manage. I couldn't.

You didn't even try.

It was the best thing, for all of us.

Didn't you ever wonder how we were?

What sort of person I was turning into?

Yes.

But not enough to do anything about it?

Was there someone else?

No.

For all I know you could have another family somewhere.

You might have dozens of kids. I don't know.

I don't know you. I don't know anything about you.

There was only ever you and your mother.

You missed everything. Everything.

And for what?

Look at the state of you. Look at what you've become.

Things haven't been easy for your dad Brian.

My own father didn't make them any easier.

Isn't that right Sean.

Well Gerry was the guard here, wasn't he.

It was a position he abused.

Sean came home looking for his family.

My father forced him to stay away from here and from his sister.

He didn't treat Sean well. Not at all well.

It's just another excuse.

It's an explanation.

I don't know what to say to you.

I want to know why you left and you won't tell me.

All I can say is you're not like me.

And that's what I prayed for.

That's why I left.

I can't help him.

Maybe he needs more time.

30 years wasn't enough?

Gemma thinks it's beautiful here.

I think it's fucking sad.

Jack, you've done more than they could've expected.

You can't force them to get on.

No. It's a shame, that's all.

Maybe we all have to think a little bit before we go interfering in other people's affairs.

He's your brother.

Interfering is what my father did.

When Sean came home looking for his family what he found was Dad.

Jack, I can't..

For the second time in his life he's sent packing from the only family he knows.

You know what Dad told him?

He said if he ever spoke to you again he'd arrest him and make him disappear.

If he did say that, he'd have had a very good reason to.

Yeah. He always had a very good reason, didn't he.

Want to come in? I won't be long.

Finbar.

Seamus Devlin. Do you think he might've been in one of the religious orders?

Look, can we sort this out later? Let's just deal with the kid first.

No. This is important.

I told you, he was living out there like a hermit.

Aine said something about him spending time in Limerick.

It's worth a shot. Make some enquiries.

Has he had anything to eat? Oh he's had the works.

I took him over to Costello's. Costello's.

You haven't spoken to him about this case? No.

Mind you, he was in the job himself once. Exactly, was.

He's not now.

Yeah but he could still be a help to us. A man with his contacts.

I don't want to be in that man's debt. Neither do you.

Can somebody tell me what's happening?

I don't even know what's going on.

I'll tell you what's going on Ruairi. I've been talking to Conor and Liam.

I know it was Seamus Devlin who put those marks on your back.

You went back there to get even with him.

You're going to think about what really happened and you're going to get your story straight.

We'll take his statement as soon as I get back.

Are you off again?

You. Get back behind the counter.

We came her to find out a little bit about your dad.

Look what we found.

I know. It's great.

Plus there's Eithne and there's Jack.

These people are your family now.

What were the chances of that happening?

I said it's amazing. He's alive.

Jack's alright, yeah.

I like him.

Brian looks like he's doing well for himself.

Not enough for him though, is it?

Look at me Jack, and the man I am.

Wasn't he better off without me.

Might've been a different man if you'd stayed.

Might've made a better father than you think.

I'd have made the very worst sort of father a child could have.

I was full of bitterness and rage.

Better to go before he got too attached to me.

What about you getting attached to him?

Did you never have that? Yes.

Thousands of people grow up without a proper family.

Thousands went through that system. They did.

And now we know what it did to them. Most get by.

Most people learn how to be decent parents.

You know that for a fact, do you?

Half of what you deal with is down to what went on in schools like that.

It's Brian you should be telling this to.

And have him feeling sorry for me as well as for himself?

I wasn't the only one to suffer in there.

And the men who did those things to us,

sure aren't most of them dead now anyway.

Why did you come back here Sean?

Anyone would think you'd seen enough of the place.

My time will soon be up. Where else would I want to be but home.

When the guards were taking me away into the school

one of them, a nice chap, gave me a sweet.

I suppose he would've known what I was in for.

But he couldn't do anything about it, could he?

It was his job.

I'm sorry things didn't work out Sean.

Here's my number.

If you need it.

Thanks Jack.

Let's make sure I've got this right.

According to your statement, you're saying you weren't lost.

You're saying you went to Mr. Devlin's house because there was

something there you wanted.

Something in his shed. A stick.

He had loads of them like. He didn't need them.

I only wanted one for my da. For your dad?

But after the last time when he hit you, you wanted to make sure he wasn't there. Yeah.

And that's when you found him, lying on the ground.

That's right.

I'm going to warn you that you're under caution.

This statement will be used in court. Do you understand that?

I'm telling you the truth. I don't think you know the meaning of the word.

Fine. Forget it. You'll never believe me whatever I say.

Are you surprised?

The minute I saw the old man with your in your car I knew..

What has that got to do with him? You're taking their side over mine.

Whose side? The crowd out there. The ones who chased me.

Hang on. The man who was with me earlier. You're saying he's part of that crowd? Yeah.

You're something else Ruairi. This is just another one of his stories.

Why would I make that up? I saw him.

But you've only just remembered it. You've only just asked me.

He's taking the piss Jack.

He's got your own uncle in the story now.

Let's just charge him and get him out of here.

Let him go and wind somebody else up.

What did you turn up on Devlin? Nothing.

What did you expect Jack?

They've been training these people to say nothing for the past 1,000 years.

Go on. Head home. What are you going to do with him in the meantime?

He'll have to stay here, won't he. That is not a good idea.

Unless yourself and Kathleen want a babysitter for the night.

I'm serious. If this gets out. Well make sure it doesn't.

I was wondering if the Department of Education would have any record of a teacher.

He'd been retired for some years now. Seamus Devlin.

Can you do that for me now?

That's great.

Ruairi, let's go!

Ruairi.

I haven't even had my breakfast. Get in the car.

Jack. He hasn't done another runner on you then.

Seamus Devlin. He was a teacher in Limerick.

Left the school after allegations of abuse.

Before that he was at St. Augustine's for 20 years.

Didn't tell you my uncle was locked up there, did I?

Am I still a prime suspect?

For telling the truth you might be my prime witness.

That'd be a surprise for your parents.

To see you on the right side of the law for a change.

I'll be two minutes.

Keep your hands to yourself.

He went out a while ago.

A young couple came for him.

Did they say where they were going? No.

You can go.

Ruairi. Ruairi, come on.

See you later, man. With the help of God.

Stay young, yeah. That guy's a nutter.

So how come you're not married?

You're mate's married and you're quite old.

Don't you like women?

I bet you have women all over the place. That's what I'd do.

Sure if you're a guard can't you do anything.

It's a grand life alright.

Do you want kids?

Too much trouble, aren't they.

No respect for their elders these days.

That's cos their elders don't give them any respect these days.

Wait here.

Have you seen Brian and Gemma?

EITHNE: The two of them went into town a while ago.

I don't know what he's after but she seems to have her head screwed on.

I hear you've got this juvenile delinquent staying in the barracks with you.

Who told you that? I hear plenty, don't you worry.

The juvenile delinquent is helping me with my enquiries.

You don't have anything to worry about then, do you.

Go on. What do you mean by that?

I'm just wondering if it's wise to take that sort of risk with a child

with the way people think these days.

That's the real point, isn't it.

Your own brother can disappear into that school.

Everybody knows what's going on, nobody says a thing.

Now you're all model citizens with a conscience.

Where are we going now?

I've just seen someone I need to talk to.

Hey.

Thank you.

You've a taste for all this romantic stuff, haven't you.

I like neglected things. Stuff that nobody wants.

Brian's not with you? He's with his dad.

He's wondering about maybe renting somewhere.

I heard you were staying on. Yeah, for a few days.

He thought he was a bit hard on him.

This could be his only chance to get to know his dad.

How do you feel about that? I like it here.

I like it a lot.

Any idea where they are now?

Yeah. He's driven him over to the old school so they could talk.

I felt they needed a bit of time on their own.

Is there a problem? No. I just have to see Sean myself.

Would you come with us? I think Brian would appreciate it.

Okay.

Ruairi, do you live around here?

No way. They sent me here.

It's where we send all our riff-raff.

To hell or to Connacht. Isn't that right Ruairi.

He's been sent here on an outdoor pursuits course.

Sounds exciting. Yeah. If you like being taught by smelly hippies.

And they try and brainwash you. He's talking about anger management.

Is that working? No!

Here. Plug that in and be quiet.

So why do you think that Brian would appreciate me being there?

There's something I need to speak to Sean about.

It could effect Brian and you.

I think Sean might have some information about the death of an elderly man near here.

You think Sean's involved or something? I'm not sure yet.

That's why I need to talk to him. Does Brian know about this?

No.

Mind Gemma for me Ruairi.

I won't be a minute.

The priest came, gave us a talk about hell.

How your soul would be chained.

He gave us the exact depth of hell. How thick the walls were,

where you would have the chains put on you.

Afterwards somebody made a joke about it saying we'd be better

off in hell cos we were always cold. Even in the summertime.

Everyone had chilblains and swollen hands.

You can imagine what that was like when you had the stick.

He did try to run away but the locals caught him and turned him in to the guards.

What sort of people would do that?

They must've known what was going on in here.

It's no wonder he left us.

How could you be normal after that?

Brian, would you mind if we called it a day for now?

No. Of course not. Will you be alright?

I'll look after him.

You go on now, son. I'll see you later.

It doesn't have to be chocolate boxy. What do you mean?

Even ugly things can make good photographs.

Where's Jack when you need him.

JACK: Is this where you learned to make them?

The sticks in your room back at the hostel.

Yes.

Was it Brother Devlin taught you that?

Yes.

Taught you how to make the sticks and then he used them to beat you with.

That's the way their minds worked.

They could strike the fear of God Himself into you.

But it wasn't so much the beating.

You knew that was coming sooner or later whatever you did.

It was the waiting.

Oh my God.

JACK: But you survived somehow.

If you were lucky you found a way.

I was a nice looking little chap in those days.

Did that get you special treatment?

Well..

You had to do certain things if you wanted to stay special.

Problem was, the other boys knew what you were at and

they didn't like it so as soon as his back was turned

or he was away on holidays, you got it from them too.

You would give the brothers what they wanted

but that made you a target for the other boys.

There was no escape you see.

Whatever you did.

GEMMA: Are you okay? BRIAN: I'm fine.

And your dad?

He's still talking to Jack.

I got to see where he slept, where they ate. Everything.

Must've been hard.

I was thinking why don't we get them all together?

Jack, Eithne, Dad. I could cook 'em a meal, have a drink.

When I left Brian and his mother I wrote to Devlin.

I thought if I could find out why he did those things to me,

it might help me to get over it.

Are these the letters?

Promise me one thing Jack.

Promise me you won't tell Brian about any of this.

Did Devlin reply? Yes.

But he was clever.

He never admitted anything and he made out that everything was my fault.

He said I had psychological problems and I needed help.

And you stayed in touch with him?

Yes.

He called them his love letters and he wouldn't give them back to me.

So you took them.

I tried to take them but he wouldn't let me into the house.

When my back was turned he caught me one so hard.

He knocked the head off that thing.

I turned on him and gave him a shove. Not hard, enough to knock him over.

Even then he was trying to get up and go after me again.

I put my foot on his chest and held it there.

It only took a couple of seconds and it was over.

I went back into the house and got the letters.

When I came out the boy was standing over him.

He saw me and ran.

I asked him once, why me.

Do you know what he said?

Because you wanted it.

You think that's a terrible thing, don't you.

You're right. It is a terrible thing.

And it's the truth.

You're a child of 10 years.

You know your own mother and father don't want you.

You're cold and hungry and frightened every minute of every day and every night.

There's only one thing you want.

You'll go to any man that offers it.

And do whatever it is he wants.

I think a court would understand that.

If you tell them what you've told me.

I'm telling you Jack and no-one else.

I'll plead guilty to murder and keep my peace

and take my punishment. Why?

You did what you did for a reason.

I'm glad of what I did. I'm proud I did it.

You found your son again. You can move on, both of ye.

Jack.

I've done enough damage to Brian.

Your shoulders are broad enough to take it.

Brian's aren't.

Seamus Devlin was the only man who understood me Jack.

Understood me because he was the man who made me what I am.

He's admitted to killing Devlin.

Jaysus. So the little shite was telling the truth.

You'll be taking him down to Galway then? No.

He doesn't want me to go with him.

I'll get someone up here to collect him so.

Thanks Finbar.

He's made a full confession.

Was it that man out in Finmoy?

He was one of Sean's teachers. I can't say any more at the moment.

He's already in custody. He'll be charged later.

Did you know about this? Is that why you've been so quiet?

This has nothing to do with Gemma.

I've just found him and now he's gone.

It's not right. He's not in a fit state of mind.

You're too late Brian. Your dad's already on his way to Galway.

Yeah, on his own again. Why didn't you go with him?

He didn't want anyone with him.

There's nothing else I could do. You know that.

You must wish that you'd never set eyes on us.

No. I don't wish that.

If we hadn't come would that man still be alive?

This goes back a long, long way.

Look, it's between you and I.

Thank you.

Will you be going back now?

It was supposed to be a fresh start for Brian and I.

I don't know what's going to happen now.

I know that I don't want to go home.

How would you go about squaring a thing like that I wonder.

Arresting your own uncle.

I'd have arrested my own mother if she broke the law on my watch.

Make that 52 euro. What, that I owe you?

For all the crisps and coffees and cokes.

But maybe we could call it quits.

Have a look at this.

Nice eh?

I'm thinking of putting in for planning permission.

A niteclub? Why not?

Sure there's bars closing their doors all over Ireland and you want to open a niteclub here.

So you're an expert on the license trade now, are you?

I'm an expert on Jack Driscoll and I can tell you now,

he won't want this on his patch. Which is why I'm showing you first.

I'm putting in for planning and I'll need a bit of support.

From you.

Are you fit? I've spoken to your mam.

Did you warn her the vacation's over? She can't wait to see me.

Are you looking forward to getting back?

I'm looking forward to getting a lie-in and some decent food.

You guys eat some rubbish, you know that.

Are you not going to shake hands?

Good luck.

See you again.

You will.

If Jack is right and your father doesn't want you to help..

People won't understand though. They'll understand.

There won't be any tears shed for the likes of Seamus Devlin.

Don't worry about that.

Of course, it's very sad for you and your father.

But you need to be ahead of the game here.

You need to be thinking about your next move. Yeah. Home.

There's nothing left for us here.

Are you sure about that?

You have a fair bit of family land out there.

Land?

It should've gone to your father.

It should go to you.

It might not look much to you but everything here has a value.