Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: {2841}{2904}Evelyn, did Jesus have a big sister? {2922}{3004}No, Dermot, he didn't.|He wasn't as lucky as you. {3013}{3095}He had two daddies, though.|God the Father and Joseph the carpenter. {3098}{3173}Did Joseph ever do a bit of painting|and decorating like my dad? {3311}{3397}Evelyn, you take the boys home.|l'll go find your mother. {3399}{3438}-All right, Dad.|-Good girl. {4502}{4529}l want the big one. {4531}{4597}The big one's mine.|l'm the biggest. Come on. {4601}{4673}l told you l was just going to the pub|for a Christmas drink. {4675}{4709}Why kick up such a fuss? {4722}{4785}Who was he?|You were all over him like a bloody rash. {4787}{4815}Don't be stupid. {4819}{4866}Sounds like Mommy and Daddy are back. {4870}{4918}Right in front of all our friends, too. {4977}{5010}Jesus. {5018}{5053}You frozen little mites. {5061}{5093}Come here, now. {5094}{5174}We were arguing|if the chimney was wide enough for Santa. {5176}{5262}lt's great we're on the top floor|so Santa can park his reindeers, and that. {5264}{5340}lt is. He's got the whole roof to land on.|Say goodnight to Mommy. {5342}{5379}When will Santa be here? {5381}{5426}Santa's gonna be here very soon. {5432}{5475}Off to bed with the lot of you. {5477}{5554}-Santa will come when you're asleep.|-l won't be able to sleep. {5556}{5634}You will, love. Take your jumper|and boots off. Not up on the bed. {5636}{5680}-You all right?|-Yes, Daddy. {5681}{5745}Okay. All right. Night-night. {6095}{6147}Daddy, where's the carriages? {6214}{6298}Son, Santa was a bit|strapped for cash this year. {6333}{6387}lt costs a lot of money to feed those elves. {6402}{6445}How much do they cost? {6446}{6503}lt costs lots and lots. {6527}{6554}Happy Christmas. {6556}{6584}Granddad! {6681}{6780}My little Christmas angel.|l hope you were a good girl. Were you? {6782}{6849}-There's Granddad.|-Happy Christmas, everybody! {6934}{6992}All right. Look at what you've got there. {6999}{7042}Thanks, Granddad! {7052}{7088}Granddad! {7518}{7566}No money, no job. {7585}{7619}Happy Christmas. {7689}{7735}Look on the bright side, son. {7758}{7809}Come the New Year, you'll have a new job. {7811}{7893}You and the kids will be set up.|The world will be your oyster. {7902}{7951}We never died a winter yet. {8040}{8086}Oh, of all the money {8109}{8159}that ever I earned {8175}{8267}I spent it in good company {8290}{8376}And all the harm that ever I done {8446}{8489}Heidi, we're going to see Angela. {8522}{8553}She's my best friend. {8622}{8657}She has a dolly, too. {8677}{8718}l'm sure she'd like to meet you. {8764}{8819}Mommy's going shopping, Heidi. {8832}{8894}Do you like her nice new shoes and coat? {8946}{8996}But this is St. Stephen's Day. {8998}{9088}Mommy, come back, it's St. Stephen's Day.|The shops are shut! {10028}{10066}Daddy! {10109}{10143}Be quiet. {10145}{10182}-Daddy!|-What? {10193}{10298}Mommy's gone. She was all dressed up|when she went away with a man in a car. {10608}{10670}Jesus, don't let me down now. Come on. {10765}{10837}She's your daughter.|You say you don't know where she's gone? {10839}{10892}She's your wife,|and you don't know, do you? {10893}{10954}l always said this would end in tears. {10956}{11023}Should never have got stuck|with a corner boy like you. {11025}{11057}Who's her fancy man? {11059}{11126}ls it the bastard l saw her with in the pub? {11150}{11215}-Your language is appalling.|-Your bloody.... {11219}{11271}Your bloody daughter is appalling. {11273}{11352}l hope you don't use language like that|in front of your daughter. {11353}{11413}Don't tell me how to bring up|my own daughter. {11417}{11473}You obviously know sweet F.A. about it. {11474}{11522}Where did she meet him? ln the pub? {11533}{11637}No, you're the one who spends all his time|there. No wonder she got sick of you. {11638}{11688}-l treated her well.|-Yeah? {11690}{11785}l never raised a hand in anger to her once,|though she gave me just cause for it. {11786}{11828}Maybe that's where l went wrong. {12453}{12491}Here you are, love. {12496}{12527}Hot milk. {12546}{12585}Christmas pudding. {12652}{12691}You want some of this? {12710}{12741}lt's very nice. {12768}{12796}No. {12813}{12869}Why not? You must be starving. {12903}{12940}She made it. {14174}{14231}Maurice, give him the ball back. {14329}{14372}l hear her fancy man is English. {14381}{14440}Bastard. l might have guessed. {14447}{14483}Good day, gentlemen. {14485}{14541}l'm lnspector Logan of the SPCC. {14549}{14629}Mrs. Daisley, your mother-in-law, l believe,|told us of your plight. {14633}{14669}The SPCC? {14709}{14771}The Society|for Prevention of Cruelty to Children? {14773}{14797}That's correct. {14799}{14856}ls she saying|that l've been cruel to my kids? {14858}{14896}Not at all, Mr. Doyle. {14910}{14965}We only have the children's welfare at heart. {14967}{15040}To lose their mother at this age|can have a traumatizing effect. {15042}{15081}How's that any business of yours? {15083}{15117}l'm here to help you. {15124}{15184}l understand you've no income|to support your family. {15186}{15210}-Correct?|-Yeah. {15212}{15265}Do you have any female relatives|to call upon? {15267}{15342}Maureen. Des' mother, died a long time ago. {15355}{15468}Then, Mr. Doyle, you have no choice but|to approach the authorities for assistance. {15473}{15523}l will arrange for the Sisters to call. {15525}{15566}We don't need your charity. {15568}{15632}You have no job|and no mother for your children. {15666}{15699}He's right, son. {15814}{15841}All right. {15873}{15907}Send in the nuns. {16184}{16213}Sit still. {16235}{16272}But l don't like cabbage. {16274}{16364}lt is very good for you.|Eat it up. l don't want to hear about it. {16463}{16579}You are a painter and decorator by trade,|but your attempts to secure employment... {16581}{16640}since your wife's departure|have been unsuccessful. {16642}{16681}Yes, sir. Your Honor. {16696}{16750}But it's only been a couple of weeks. {16752}{16834}And there's a big job coming up|at the Robert West House... {16853}{16905}but that's not until the end of March. {16907}{16959}And you have no other source of revenue? {16961}{17036}Sir, my father, Henry,|who's sitting here, and myself... {17038}{17106}we're setting up a tour of the Dublin pubs. {17121}{17190}Surely that will represent expenditure|rather than income. {17192}{17220}No, Your Honor. {17222}{17278}We'll be playing music for money. {17293}{17353}My father was a professional musician. {17355}{17434}He played for Radio Eireann|until retirement age. {17436}{17490}Dessie has a fine voice, Your Honor. {17504}{17531}l'm sure he has. {17533}{17628}But you won't be able to support your family|on that alone, will you? {17697}{17731}Maybe not, Your Honor. {17978}{18057}Under Section 10|of the Children's Act, 1941 ... {18058}{18168}l hereby rule that|until there is a significant improvement... {18170}{18265}in the domestic and financial circumstances|of Desmond Doyle... {18269}{18364}his two sons, Dermot and Maurice... {18385}{18457}will be placed in care|of the Christian Brothers in Kilkenny... {18459}{18532}and his daughter, Evelyn Doyle... {18542}{18636}will be committed|to St. Joseph's School in Dublin. {18651}{18740}And l hope you don't have to leave them|in care for too long. {18927}{18954}Daddy! {19016}{19071}Come here. Come sit down. {19073}{19140}-l wanna go home.|-l know you wanna go home. {19142}{19208}We're gonna go home soon. Listen. {19219}{19281}l love you very much.|You must understand that. {20161}{20242}Granddad, there's St. Joseph, Jesus' daddy! {20269}{20344}l'll pray to him to get us home.|He'll understand. {20345}{20405}That's right, love, he'll understand. {20942}{21003}Mr. Doyle, l'm Brother Eustace. {21838}{21876}Look at the rays. {21937}{22007}-Do you know what these are?|-No, Granddad. {22010}{22040}Angel rays. {22056}{22111}-Angel rays?|-Yes. {22128}{22240}These mean that your guardian angel is|reminding you that he's waiting to help you. {22253}{22303}All you have to do is believe in him. {22362}{22397}Angel rays. {22510}{22564}Look, pet, your favorites. {22581}{22625}He's helping you already. {22689}{22742}Granddad, please don't leave me here. {22744}{22826}l don't want to stay here with the Sisters.|l hate them! {22859}{22899}They're the Brides of Christ. {22901}{22958}Then why do they wear|black, horrible dresses? {22961}{23014}Brides should wear white dresses! {23018}{23092}What's going on?|Have you been bold, young lady? {23095}{23181}lt's all right.|l just dropped a tube of fruit gums. {23183}{23236}-Come along, now.|-No. {23259}{23318}Granddad, please don't go. {23330}{23381}-Let go, now.|-Let go of me! {23382}{23414}Please, Granddad! {23448}{23545}Please be a good girl for the Sisters.|l'll come back and see you soon. {23547}{23590}Disgraceful performance. {23596}{23654}We'll teach you some manners in here. {23665}{23748}We'll get you cleaned up,|you dirty little tinker. {23769}{23799}Mr. Doyle. {23925}{23995}Sister, please don't cut her hair. {24002}{24056}lt's her father's pride and joy. {24385}{24466}Thank you, Sister Brigid.|l'm sure we'll manage fine. {24476}{24557}One large nun should be enough|to scrub one small girl. {24558}{24595}Of course, Sister Felicity. {24597}{24665}l was just making sure|she didn't throw another tantrum. {24668}{24704}She's a willful one. {24709}{24765}Wasn't our Lord a willful one, too? {24769}{24831}l'm sure she'll be fine. Won't you? {24897}{24942}Thank you, Sister Brigid. {25009}{25046}Don't look so worried. {25054}{25120}This is standard procedure for new girls. {25121}{25233}Otherwise, the place would be jumping|with lice and fleas and God knows what. {25249}{25296}Come on, take your clothes off. {25355}{25392}Don't be shy. {25400}{25432}After all... {25433}{25516}bare-naked|is how God created Adam and Eve. {25533}{25602}lt's how he sent the Baby Jesus|into the world. {25653}{25680}Good. {25697}{25765}We'll have you squeaky clean|in no time at all. {25805}{25851}Come on, sit down. {25868}{25900}Shoes. {25966}{26015}You can call me Felicity. {26053}{26080}What's your name? {26082}{26130}Evelyn Doyle. {26140}{26175}Pleased to meet you. {26195}{26243}Pleased to meet you, Sister Felicity. {26433}{26466}Good afternoon, ladies. {26468}{26540}Could you spare a few pence|for the poor black babies of Africa? {26542}{26606}-Here you are.|-lt's a very good cause. {26629}{26677}Thanks, God bless you.|You're very generous. {26679}{26748}-Give us another pint, please.|-You've had enough. {26749}{26785}Listen to you.... {26787}{26840}l'm sick of people telling me what to do. {26870}{26918}You just get us another pint. {26950}{26974}Fine. {26989}{27059}-Just a few pennies from you, there?|-There you go, Father. {27061}{27144}Those little orphans,|they really need your charity. {27168}{27197}Father... {27209}{27310}you lot have taken my babies!|You've made my babies orphans. {27479}{27511}Fair play to you. {27516}{27588}That's a great right cross|you have on you there. {27616}{27656}Right, here we are. {27826}{27893}Quiet! Too much talking. {27898}{27939}Just down here, love. {28017}{28049}Down you sit. {28069}{28130}Don't let my teeth fool you. l don't bite. {28138}{28200}She's a sweetheart, that Sister Felicity. {28229}{28288}lt's Frigid Brigid you've got to watch out for. {28290}{28376}She could put the fear of death|into a corpse, so she could. {28419}{28445}l'm Mary. {28453}{28497}-l'm Annette.|-l'm Lauren. {28499}{28526}l'm Evelyn. {28541}{28620}-Your soup doesn't look very good.|-You'll get used to it. {28622}{28728}You get used to most things here.|Half the kids in lreland are cooped up here. {28738}{28796}How long have you been here for? {28828}{28895}-Six months?|-Six years. {28933}{29017}l won't be here for long.|My daddy's gonna come and get me. {29023}{29066}That's what my dad told me. {29249}{29285}l'm sorry, Desmond. {29301}{29360}l was the seminary boxing champion. {29361}{29409}-Really?|-Let that be a lesson to you. {29411}{29486}Never underestimate the strength|of the Church militant. {29498}{29559}-God bless.|-Thanks, Father. {29613}{29693}lf you want your kids back that badly,|you should get a good lawyer. {29695}{29753}They cost money. {29773}{29817}Go and see Michael Beattie. {29819}{29861}Twenty-four Upper Mount Street. {29867}{29913}-Say l sent you.|-Fair enough. {29914}{30012}l'll say the new barmaid at Fergal's Pub|sent me. That'll impress him. {30021}{30084}Tell him Bernadette sent you,|you cheeky oaf. {30100}{30155}Bernadette Beattie, his little sister. {30157}{30216}l'm working here part-time|to help Uncle Fergal. {30218}{30258}l'm a trainee chemist, actually. {30260}{30335}So, you're the beautiful niece|Fergal's always bragging about. {30342}{30404}l bet you have lots of fellows|running after you. {30437}{30508}Yes. But none of them|have managed to catch me yet. {30530}{30599}You're not a bad-looking woman,|now that l look at you. {30604}{30691}Of course, with this bump on my head,|l'm probably hallucinating. {30860}{30888}Bless you, John. {30922}{31007}Once again,|until we achieve unity and harmony. {31009}{31057}Where do we say our night prayers? {31059}{31101}Not in the bed... {31103}{31186}not under the bed, but by the bed. {31197}{31259}Then kneel by your beds and give thanks. {31441}{31520}Get a move on, Evelyn.|You're keeping us all waiting. {31775}{31861}We do not lie like that, on our stomach.|lt tempts the Devil. {31874}{31948}We lie on our back|and cross our arms like this. {31962}{32038}l will check every night|that you are sleeping in this position. {32060}{32108}We must not tempt Lucifer. {32200}{32253}No more talking. Good night, girls. {32254}{32290}Good night, Sister. {32357}{32422}Mr. Doyle, family law in this jurisdiction... {32437}{32529}is a cozy conspiracy between|the Catholic Church and the lrish State. {32532}{32577}They're in cahoots. {32628}{32733}You're saying that you're all frightened|if you take them on, you'll never work again. {32735}{32776}Something like that. {32807}{32904}l suggest you come back to me when|your circumstances are more favorable... {32905}{32950}and l'll see what l can do. {32963}{33054}On the banks of the roses,|my love and I sat down {33064}{33149}And I took out my fiddle,|for to play my love a tune {33151}{33264}In the middle of the tune|she sighed and she said {33267}{33358}''Oh, Johnny, lovely Johnny,|why'd you leave me?'' {33451}{33546}Oh, when I was a young man,|I heard my father say {33548}{33639}That he'd rather see me dead|and buried in the clay {33641}{33729}Sooner than be married to any runaway {33731}{33822}On the lovely sweet banks of the roses {33824}{33915}On the banks of the roses,|my love and I sat down {33917}{34008}And I took out my fiddle,|for to play my love a tune {34010}{34123}In the middle of the tune|she sighed and she said {34125}{34216}''Oh, Johnny, lovely Johnny,|why'd you leave me?'' {34275}{34363}''Oh, Lord, l vow never more to offend thee... {34366}{34446}''and carefully|to avoid the occasions of sin.'' {34457}{34493}...and the meadows they are gay {34496}{34596}And me and my true love|will sit and sport and play {34654}{34741}On the lovely sweet banks of the roses {34744}{34836}On the banks of the roses,|my love and I sat down {34838}{34926}And I took out my fiddle,|for to play my love a tune {34928}{34979}In the middle of the tune {34981}{35041}-Look who's back.|-Straight from Chicago. {35043}{35083}How's my favorite lrish colleen? {35085}{35138}-l'm well. How are you?|-l'm great. {35449}{35505}Who's your man in the sharp suit,|over there? {35509}{35538}How should l know? {35554}{35594}He looks like a Yank. {35596}{35677}Maybe he's a friend of hers.|Maybe he's a chemist. {35738}{35796}lf l can regain your attention for a moment... {35797}{35827}we'll have requests. {35836}{35901}Apart from Nobody's Child.|We're not fond of that now. {35902}{35976}-Boys of Wexford.|-Whistling Gypsies. {36060}{36153}-Are you still not talking to Grandma?|-No, l'll never speak to that woman. {36155}{36217}She blames your father for everything. {36219}{36287}May she rot in Hell, the old witch. {36332}{36414}Jesus says we should forgive|those who trespassed against us. {36416}{36451}lt's in the ''Our Father.'' {36607}{36681}-Grandma, would you like a fruit gum?|-Thanks, love. {36704}{36739}Granddad gave them to me. {36787}{36835}l won't bother then, love. {36845}{36916}Listen, love,|there is something you must tell him. {36988}{37028}lt's really warm. {37066}{37103}...stuff it, will you? {37115}{37143}Good girl. {37181}{37250}Grandma's got a letter from Sydney. {37252}{37276}Sidney, who? {37277}{37325}Sydney in Australia. {37327}{37404}-Australia?|-lt's from Mommy, she's in Australia. {37406}{37486}She didn't give her address,|but it said Sydney on the postmark thing. {37488}{37517}l might have guessed. {37519}{37583}She always had the wanderlust,|your mother. {37591}{37657}-Grandma said it's hot in Australia.|-lt is. {37683}{37796}You can tell her it's not as hot|as the place where her daughter will end up. {37821}{37848}Okay. {37895}{37956}-That's it.|-Still no carriages, Dad. {37972}{37996}No, son. {38026}{38061}Still no carriages. {38087}{38191}''Dear Daddy, it's great news that you have|such a good job, doing up that old house. {38231}{38316}''I miss you and the boys|and Granddad very much... {38318}{38384}''and I hope we can get back together soon. {38421}{38498}''What did Granddad mean|when he told me to tell Grandma Daisley... {38500}{38576}''that he hopes Mommy|meets a great white in Australia? {38589}{38669}''I think it's a kangaroo,|but Mary thinks it's a koala bear. {38721}{38766}''I like most of the nuns here. {38781}{38840}''Sister Felicity is nice and kind... {38842}{38877}''and so is Sister Theresa. {38896}{38959}''But Sister Brigid is very scary. '' {38967}{39052}ls God good, just and merciful? {39085}{39113}Yes, Sister. {39122}{39184}''Yes'' isn't the catechism answer, is it? {39222}{39266}What does the catechism say? {39304}{39335}lt says.... {39369}{39440}l've had enough of you, Annette Farrell. {39455}{39480}Now... {39493}{39547}God is infinitely good... {39560}{39606}infinitely just... {39608}{39647}and infinitely-- {39726}{39780}What are you saying to me, child? {39787}{39851}l don't think you should do that, Sister. {39872}{39958}lf God is infinitely merciful,|he wouldn't want you to do that. {39960}{40019}You dare to question me about God? {40050}{40093}lnsolent brat! {40100}{40131}Right, outside. {40333}{40360}Never... {40362}{40453}never talk to me like that again! {41364}{41424}Where's my daughter, Evelyn Doyle? {41432}{41461}Do you have an appointment? {41462}{41521}l don't need an appointment|to see my own daughter. {41523}{41579}-Who are you?|-l'm Sister Brigid. {41585}{41614}Are you? {41654}{41722}lf you ever lay a finger|on my daughter again... {41726}{41762}l will tear you... {41769}{41817}limb from limb. {41843}{41877}Now, where is she? {41913}{41974}ln the refectory, on the first floor. {41997}{42025}Right. {42156}{42225}-You shouldn't be on the premises.|-l've come for my daughter. {42227}{42281}-You must leave.|-l'm not leaving without her. {42282}{42374}-You know that's impossible.|-l'm having her back. Where is she? {42376}{42429}You cannot barge in here-- {42431}{42510}There's no bloody laws in lreland|that will keep her away from me. {42512}{42591}How dare you use language like that|in front of me. {42593}{42646}Don't speak to me like that. l will not have it. {42648}{42732}Daddy! Don't fight.|Don't fight with Sister Theresa! {42769}{42826}lt's all right, love. Don't worry. {42881}{42909}Can l see her? {42936}{42993}Not if you're going to run off with her. {43002}{43041}That'll just get you arrested. {43045}{43093}Okay, l promise. {43133}{43192}l just wanna hold her for a second. {43223}{43268}l give you my word, all right? {43359}{43418}Evelyn, your daddy's here to see you. {43529}{43560}lt's good to see you. {43563}{43624}Daddy, have you come to take me home? {43703}{43737}Yes. {43765}{43821}l'll be taking you home soon, pet. {43893}{43928}Very soon. {44261}{44314}l hear you're doing well at your new job. {44330}{44389}My circumstances have improved,|as you would say. {44403}{44456}So, you'll take the case, then? {44490}{44576}You've been drinking, haven't you?|l can smell it off your breath. {44577}{44665}Since we're not planning on kissing,|l don't see a problem. {44667}{44713}lt's not going to help our case... {44715}{44794}if the court thinks|you're drinking your pay packet. {44801}{44833}Our case? {44861}{44900}That means you'll take it, then? {44930}{44969}Who is this gobshite? {44971}{45033}This ''gobshite''|is the Minister for Education. {45034}{45134}He's claiming we require the consent|of your wife for the release of your kids. {45150}{45219}How can we get her consent|when she's disappeared? {45227}{45299}Even her pudding-faced old mother's|got no address. {45304}{45371}lt's the law. Yours is a unique case. {45373}{45426}Normally, the wife would be deceased. {45428}{45508}She ran out on her kids.|What kind of mother would do that? {45509}{45613}We could argue that she's emotionally|incapable of bringing up the children... {45615}{45693}but l'm afraid all of that is,|strictly speaking, irrelevant. {45694}{45742}The law still requires her consent... {45744}{45808}no matter how irresponsibly|she may have behaved. {45809}{45860}To hell with the law. {45876}{45945}That attitude will get us nowhere, Desmond. {45999}{46063}l've done everything l was asked to do. {46065}{46162}That District Judge or Justice|didn't tell me l'd need my wife's consent. {46165}{46266}He definitely misdirected you,|which gives us a useful basis for a start. {46268}{46320}But it may not be material enough... {46321}{46410}for a challenge in law,|as there are no precedents for your case. {46417}{46490}We'll make the bloody precedent!|l want justice! {46492}{46589}The law and justice|are two entirely different things. {46591}{46644}Jesus. You can say that again. {46654}{46706}Of course, l'm only a solicitor. {46709}{46779}l'm not entitled to speak|in a court case like this. {46787}{46845}We need a barrister.|And they're very expensive. {46846}{46894}l don't care how much it costs. {46901}{46959}l'll work round the clock, if l have to. {46993}{47064}To fight Church and State|is to fight Goliath. {47149}{47212}David beat Goliath, in the book l read. {47349}{47396}-lt's a first edition.|-ls it? {47398}{47421}Yeats. {47423}{47493}lt'll be grand, l tell you.|l've got it all worked out, Dad. {47495}{47542}Don't worry about it. {47677}{47752}-Get us another pint.|-You'll have another one? {47762}{47791}l will. {47802}{47863}Make mine a large one, Bernadette.|A pint for Desmond. {47870}{47913}You two are knocking them back tonight. {47915}{47975}Poor Dessie's going through|a rough time lately. {47977}{48012}Aren't we all fond of a drink? {48014}{48103}That's right, Henry.|You can't hold that against a man, can you? {48106}{48165}That lad of yours is going through hell. {48167}{48242}-l think he's drinking to forget.|-You're right, Fergal. {48244}{48352}l wonder if our American friend knows|the one thing worse than drinking to forget. {48354}{48445}-Do you know what that is, son?|-Worse than drinking to forget? No. {48447}{48487}Forgetting to drink. {48501}{48537}l'll drink to that. {48539}{48619}That wife of his|didn't know the meaning of the word ''love.'' {48621}{48647}Love. {48649}{48729}lt's strange. The Greeks|have all these different words for love. {48730}{48798}''Philia,'' ''agapi,'' ''eros.''|We have just the one. {48805}{48861}We use the same word|for our nearest and dearest... {48862}{48919}as we do for a packet of cigarettes. {48924}{48997}-lt's interesting, isn't it?|-l think it's very interesting. {48999}{49082}Did you know that Eskimos|have over 40 different words for snow? {49084}{49144}-ls that a fact?|-lt's true. The wife told me that. {49146}{49200}She should know. She's frigid. {49219}{49259}You're an awful man. {49380}{49476}-l keep telling you not to drink and drive.|-l'm not drinking and driving. {49481}{49526}l drank before l drove. {49559}{49648}-l don't think this is a good idea.|-lt's the only way, Dad. {49652}{49692}lt's the only way. {50166}{50258}-l can see the dormitory, there.|-We should come back some other time. {50260}{50328}No. l've got to rescue the poor little mite. {50330}{50380}Right, we've come this far. {50449}{50473}Jesus. {50477}{50537}They've greased the top of the wall. {50539}{50575}Mind yourself, son. {51376}{51408}Bernadette! {51423}{51452}You're drenched! {51454}{51485}That'll be the rain. {51494}{51526}You're one to talk. {51541}{51585}l just.... {51614}{51643}Come in. {51721}{51787}-Sit yourself down.|-lt's okay. l'm not staying. {51789}{51844}All right. Suit yourself. {51859}{51915}l'll get you a towel. A clean one. {51917}{52015}This place needs a good cleaning.|lt's got more empties than Fergal's. {52122}{52180}Looking for a towel here somewhere. God. {52297}{52336}Here we go. {52577}{52611}There it is. {52663}{52707}You can have it, if you want. {52714}{52783}As a reward|for putting me in touch with your brother. {52785}{52828}l had no idea you could do this. {52830}{52922}There's lots of things l can do|that you don't know about. {52924}{52965}l'm sure there are. {52988}{53033}We're saving up for a housekeeper. {53051}{53093}You know anyone who's suitable? {53095}{53173}lt's not a housekeeper you need.|lt's a barkeeper. {53194}{53233}You know what your problem is? {53235}{53311}You think all you have to do is smile|with that cheeky twinkle... {53313}{53379}and everything will be grand.|lt's time you grew up. {53380}{53462}-You like my cheeky twinkle, then?|-You drink too much! {53464}{53526}Ridiculous. l've got a lot on my mind. {53551}{53627}-Like a trip to Scotland with your kids?|-What? {53684}{53727}How do you know about that? {53729}{53780}Because the tickets fell out of your coat. {53782}{53869}An adult and three kids?|Who could that be, l wonder? {53892}{53956}l knew you were up to something.|You big idiot. {53962}{54011}Don't call me a big idiot! {54031}{54104}l'll bet you want someone smooth,|like the Yank. {54121}{54204}Whose jokes you laugh at all the time|like he's Oscar bloody Wilde. {54206}{54297}Nick's funny. And he's more of a ladies' man|than Oscar ever was. {54301}{54348}l get the message. {54401}{54437}You fancy him. {54447}{54528}Don't tell me who l fancy.|That's for me to decide. {54539}{54593}What l don't want is a drunkard... {54595}{54692}who has some mad notion about|sneaking off with his kids to Scotland. {54729}{54772}Why should you care? {54785}{54834}What business is it of yours? {54890}{54964}Because l don't want|to have to visit you in prison. {54985}{55053}Has anybody ever told you|you're a fine woman? {55061}{55156}Lots of men.|Some of them weren't even married. {55376}{55434}-Not until you give me the tickets.|-What? {55450}{55533}Give me the ferry tickets.|l'll take them back and get you a refund. {55534}{55569}Jesus, woman. {55605}{55673}You drive a hard bargain. Where are they? {55714}{55748}Here you go. {55751}{55825}-Thanks.|-l always get sick on the ferry, anyway. {55876}{55968}-l just think, you know, you and l--|-Do you really think l'd kiss you now? {55970}{56017}lt'd be like kissing a soggy beer-mat. {56018}{56102}-But you just said--|-No. l said you have to give up the drink. {56107}{56167}For God's sake.|That's the hardest thing to do. {56169}{56250}The second hardest.|Getting your family back is the hardest. {56425}{56544}Oh, of all the money that ever I had {56547}{56643}I spent it in good company {56669}{56767}And all the harm that ever I've done {56773}{56870}Alas it was to none but me {56894}{56997}And if I had money enough to spend {56999}{57090}And leisure time to sit awhile {57113}{57205}There is a fair maid in this town {57224}{57325}Who sorely has my heart beguiled {57350}{57448}Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips {57462}{57563}I own she has my heart in thrall {57608}{57708}So, fill to me the parting glass {57725}{57830}Good night and joy be with you all {58038}{58075}Good man, Des. {58089}{58142}Lovely. Good man. {58193}{58237}Thank you very much, everyone. {58244}{58339}You've been wonderful. God bless you all.|We hope to see you again next week. {58341}{58391}Okay. God bless. Good night. {58470}{58500}Come on. {58504}{58534}You all right? {58548}{58583}Dessie, l.... {58585}{58672}Look at me. Are you okay? Dad, come on. {58710}{58736}Jesus! {58749}{58795}Dad. Someone get a doctor. {58797}{58854}Here, Johnny!|Go and run for a doctor, quick! {58856}{58886}l'm here. {58889}{58952}-Dessie.|-l'm here, Dad. {58953}{59025}-The kids.|-We'll get them back. {59026}{59061}You and l, together. {59134}{59164}Dad. {59266}{59317}Henry, it's Father O'Malley. {59356}{59419}lf you can hear me,|say the Act of Contrition. {59904}{59930}Amen. {60315}{60368}Look, angel rays. {60441}{60478}What's angel rays, love? {60480}{60549}lt's Granddad letting us know|he's watching over us. {60569}{60617}He's our guardian angel. {60667}{60719}He told me all about angel rays. {60794}{60830}Good old Dad. {60848}{60895}l knew he wouldn't leave us. {61276}{61332}-Good morning, Miss Gilhooly.|-Mr. Doyle. {61333}{61392}-Didn't you get the letter?|-What letter? {61395}{61443}The one canceling this appointment. {61451}{61490}l didn't get any letter. {61496}{61558}l've taken this morning|especially off work to see him. {61560}{61641}This is my family we're talking about.|Where is he? {62124}{62152}Jesus. {62626}{62669}Jesus, Mary and Joseph! {63262}{63305}Lilo! Higgi! Come on! {63319}{63365}Sorry, sir. lt's a trespasser. {63367}{63427}lt's all right. This is a client of mine. {63430}{63478}-A client, sir?|-Yes! {63500}{63539}We have an appointment! {63546}{63644}Please let us know in the future, sir,|if you're expecting visitors. {63746}{63826}What the hell are you smirking at?|Do you think this is funny? {63850}{63928}Do you think you can cancel appointments|and treat people like dirt? {63930}{63990}-Mr. Doyle--|-l wasn't talking to you, Yank. {64005}{64076}All you're good for's wearing sharp suits,|doing fancy deals... {64077}{64122}and trying to get hands on our women. {64124}{64186}-And our fish!|-Desmond, be reasonable. {64196}{64240}l'm sorry l missed our appointment... {64242}{64320}but there's really nothing more|l can do for you anymore. {64326}{64352}Really? {64361}{64446}Your being sorry|isn't gonna get my kids back, now, is it? {64464}{64530}l'm sure the Yank here is having great fun... {64537}{64627}seeing what a lot of bloody spineless|jellyfish we've got over here. {64636}{64697}But ask yourself this, Mr. Big Shot. {64723}{64773}What if it was your family? {64777}{64849}Wouldn't you fight tooth and nail|to get them back? {64863}{64941}Or are you just another|heartless, gutless bastard? {65899}{65983}Congratulations.|You just found yourself a lawyer. {65992}{66021}ls that a fact? {66047}{66072}Who? {66083}{66108}Me. {66149}{66185}So, you're not a chemist, then? {66199}{66262}How come you can work over here|if you're a Yank? {66264}{66316}Actually, l'm lrish. {66318}{66395}l was born and reared in Kilkenny|till l was 9. {66405}{66484}Then we emigrated to the States|and l subsequently came back here... {66485}{66522}to study law at UCD. {66524}{66584}So, he's qualified to plead in lrish courts. {66594}{66659}Does my being a Yank bother you? {66664}{66716}Not at all. l like Yanks. {66730}{66796}Most of them were lrish|to begin with, anyway. {66797}{66877}But l can't afford to pay you fancy money. {66888}{66948}l'm not doing this for the money. {66953}{67023}You'll just have to raise enough|to cover our costs. {67059}{67087}Right. {67112}{67183}l really appreciate your help, so l do. {67213}{67250}We'll do our best for you. {67252}{67294}-Right. Cheerio.|-Cheerio. {67401}{67495}-We'll do our best?|-We're in this together, my friend. {67497}{67564}Do you think l'll take this on|with any other solicitor? {67565}{67636}We have no chance.|l don't know why you're taking it on. {67637}{67733}Because l know what he's going through,|through no one's fault but my own. {67735}{67790}l lost my own kids in that divorce. {67792}{67890}-You don't realize what we're up against.|-l do realize what we're up against. {67940}{68000}What possible chance|do you think you have? {68001}{68037}You and Mr.... {68043}{68104}-Mr. Doyle.|-Mr. Doyle, here. {68126}{68179}A painter and what? Decorator? {68205}{68252}Master tradesman, to you. {68285}{68359}Apart from anything else,|it will be prohibitively expensive. {68361}{68397}Only if we lose. {68405}{68461}-You'll lose, Mr....|-Beattie. {68487}{68575}You'll lose, because|if you were to win this case... {68577}{68653}the whole basis of family law|would be undermined. {68665}{68752}And believe me, gentlemen,|that will not be allowed to happen. {68754}{68815}We thank you for your advice, Mr.... {68833}{68864}Shall we? {69060}{69107}By the way, Minister... {69139}{69185}your paintwork's shite. {69225}{69319}What we really need|is an expert in family law to keep us right. {69321}{69373}-You know?|-l thought you were an expert. {69378}{69479}l haven't done family law in 20 years.|l've only a working knowledge. {69496}{69596}You mean you don't know what you're|talking about? Can't you read some books? {69597}{69683}lt's not quite as simple as that.|lt's a very tricky area. {69685}{69794}We've still got the problem that everyone's|terrified of taking on the Establishment. {69796}{69888}What was the name of that guy|that lectured us about family law? {69890}{69946}-Remember? The real character.|-Tom Connolly. {69948}{70037}There was a Connolly who played rugby|for lreland until his cartilage went. {70039}{70112}l think he did a bit of law in his spare time.|Would that be him? {70144}{70250}Gentlemen, l'm flattered by your attentions,|but l retired two years ago. {70268}{70355}ln short, l can no longer face|speaking in court. {70357}{70471}Sir, you wouldn't have to speak in court.|Mr. Barron here will do all the speaking. {70478}{70544}But frankly, sir, he needs your help. {70545}{70606}My family law is so rusty. {70617}{70694}Even if you could just come on board|as a consultant. {70730}{70790}l'm sorry to say this to you, Mr. Doyle. {70827}{70929}But they'll put forward the best people|to put the case for the State. {70956}{71008}The best that money can buy. {71021}{71065}That's why they hated me. {71077}{71113}l wouldn't be bought. {71127}{71222}l believe that if there is a God,|He'll step in to help us. {71289}{71338}l'm touched by your faith. {71389}{71499}This is the only Holy Spirit|l've found to be of any practical assistance. {71532}{71562}Slainte. {71715}{71776}You were a big hero to me as a boy,|Mr. Connolly. {71797}{71831}To my dad, too. {71833}{71910}He took me to all your games.|You see that photo there? {71921}{71995}l was at that game.|The one where you got injured. {72005}{72056}That was the beginning of the end. {72061}{72135}When that big brute of a fullback|did my cartilage in. {72137}{72201}He was English, of course. The bastard. {72219}{72272}Still, before l left the field... {72274}{72352}l managed to boot him where his balls|would have been, if he'd any. {72354}{72388}Fair play to you. {72401}{72438}Anyway, lads... {72451}{72512}your case is interesting. {72532}{72572}Hopeless, but interesting. {72602}{72650}You really think it's hopeless? {72655}{72725}This case is what l used to call|''a real St. Jude.'' {72727}{72763}Why St. Jude? {72765}{72856}Because St. Jude|is the patron saint of hopeless cases. {72884}{72985}As l recall, sir, you've won|quite a few St. Judes in your time. {73045}{73108}l suppose l have. {73127}{73227}Retirement must be excruciatingly boring|for a man like yourself. {73620}{73653}Gentlemen... {73691}{73731}l propose a toast. {73769}{73813}Justice and St. Jude. {73932}{73964}I am Desmond Doyle... {73984}{74076}father of Evelyn Doyle, who's been held|in your care without my consent. {74092}{74160}l request the return|of my daughter, forthwith. {74173}{74233}Mr. Doyle, you cannot have your daughter. {74289}{74357}ln that case, my solicitor,|Mr. Michael Beattie... {74358}{74419}will present you|with a writ of habeas corpus... {74421}{74496}drafted by my counselor,|Mr. Nicholas Barron. {74533}{74570}Duly presented. {74588}{74621}Duly witnessed. {74633}{74693}Thank you, Sister. That's all we need. {74861}{74926}-So, it went well, then?|-lt went like a dream. {74928}{75003}Desmond remembered all his lines,|and spoke them beautifully. {75005}{75056}Laurence Olivier had better watch out. {75057}{75121}-You didn't attack a nun, then?|-l did not. {75123}{75177}l'm learning the rules of the game. {75178}{75232}-What do we do now?|-We wait. {75245}{75311}No. That's just what they want us to do. {75338}{75416}They'll do nothing for months|and hope that we'll go away. {75437}{75509}Nothing will happen|unless we force their hand. {75527}{75593}l'll give my old friend Hugh Canning a ring. {75595}{75622}Hugh Canning? {75624}{75694}-But he's a sports commentator.|-Mostly, yes. {75736}{75784}But he does a bit of everything. {75989}{76037}May God grant you justice. {76093}{76176}-Take this and run along, girl.|-Thank you, Sister. {76289}{76322}What is it? {76342}{76411}-Eileen, come here.|-What's going on? {76413}{76512}''Desmond Doyle, a painter and decorator|from Fatima Mansions, Dublin... {76513}{76600}''is a loving father who just wants|to spend time with his children... {76601}{76660}''but the powers that be won't let him. {76664}{76733}''Desmond's rosy-cheeked|little daughter, Evelyn....'' {76861}{76937}At least they've set a date for the hearing.|That's the first step. {76939}{76999}A little bit of gentle pressure did the trick. {77001}{77071}We had to give the Minister|a kick up his fat ass. {77087}{77123}What do we do now? {77129}{77219}You should smarten yourself up.|The press might want photos of you. {77250}{77299}Try combing your hair, occasionally. {77305}{77333}Shave. {77349}{77460}Look as if you haven't just fallen out of bed.|Use me as a role model if you want to. {77461}{77529}And buy a new pair of shoes|before we get to court. {77541}{77577}-New shoes?|-Yes. {77578}{77675}l've known judges who judge a man's|character by the state of his shoes. {77860}{77946}-Here they come. Let's get a shot.|-Especially of the little girl. {77948}{78017}-Come on.|-Get the three of them together, now. {78059}{78127}-Daddy, l scored a goal in Gaelic!|-Daddy. {78141}{78218}My loves! You look wonderful. {78237}{78309}-Daddy, l like your new shoes.|-Thanks, Evelyn. {78350}{78456}Ferris hasn't changed much since l knew|him. The torn-faced old poultice. {78487}{78547}He's always looked like the Turin Shroud. {78567}{78623}We used to call him ''Ferris the Ferret.'' {78630}{78680}Which is an insult to the rodent. {78696}{78779}Mr. Barron, you're representing|the petitioner, Desmond Doyle? {78792}{78821}Yes, my lord. {78833}{78940}We contend the judge at the District Court|hearing of January 10 of this year... {78942}{79014}misdirected the petitioner,|Mr. Desmond Doyle. {79041}{79140}l refer you to the notes of that case|wherein the judge expressed his hope... {79142}{79245}that Mr. Doyle would not have to leave|his children in care for too long. {79247}{79312}Sadly, that has not been the case here. {79370}{79448}The Children's Act of 1941 clearly states... {79449}{79549}that unless the spouse is deceased,|which is not the case here... {79557}{79635}then the consent|of both parents is required. {79649}{79739}This is the basis of our case, Your Lordship. {79790}{79840}Provision of the Children's Act... {79842}{79926}must be understood in its literal,|grammatical meaning. {79946}{80012}''Both parents'' means exactly that. {80040}{80114}l therefore find against the petitioner,|Desmond Doyle. {80150}{80195}Thank you, Judge Hall. {80201}{80234}Judge McLaughlin? {80238}{80331}With some reluctance,|l conclude that l, too, must find against... {80340}{80428}the petitioner's application|and uphold the Minister's decision. {80474}{80547}-We've lost.|-That's absolutely ridiculous! {80557}{80633}-Order in court!|-You rotten louses. Let his babies go home. {80635}{80697}Silence, or l shall have the court cleared. {80699}{80800}-Silence in court!|-He's loving this. The rodent. {80892}{80935}lt is incontrovertible... {80937}{81046}that Section 10,|Subsection 1 of the Children's Act, 1941 ... {81052}{81124}requires the consent of both parents. {81137}{81224}ln the absence of such consent,|Evelyn Doyle and her brothers... {81225}{81316}will remain in custody|until they are 16 years of age. {81319}{81343}Daddy! {81347}{81405}Furthermore, this court has decided... {81406}{81512}that since the Children's Act|is capable of no other interpretation... {81518}{81596}any appeal|would be a waste of the court's time. {81612}{81680}Right of appeal is therefore denied. {81687}{81765}-No, you flea-faced rat!|-Who said that? {81861}{81900}Was that you, Connolly? {82003}{82086}This is Hugh Canning,|the man who broke the Doyle story... {82088}{82150}covering this sensational new development. {82152}{82185}Leave them alone. {82186}{82225}Get your hands off my kids! {82242}{82294}-Leave me alone!|-Daddy! {82301}{82365}Unbelievable scenes here at the High Court. {82367}{82423}l've never seen anything like it. {82425}{82523}Desmond Doyle struggles with the gardai|for possession of his children. {82536}{82585}A pitiful scene to watch. {82587}{82677}And who wouldn't sympathize with a father|in this situation? {82689}{82714}Daddy! {82733}{82759}Children! {82775}{82810}Daddy, please! {83666}{83711}ls Desmond Doyle here? {83716}{83771}He's sitting over there, in the booth. {83887}{83932}Sorry to interrupt you. {83953}{84021}l'm Honest Joe O'Leary, racecourse bookie. {84060}{84147}l owned the book|on the outcome of your court case. {84153}{84216}-The punters backed you heavy.|-Great. {84218}{84278}l didn't feel right in keeping this... {84281}{84326}so l want you to have it. {84468}{84496}Jesus. {84514}{84540}My God. {84555}{84662}lt's only �600, so l thought|it might go towards your court costs. {84747}{84802}l don't know what to say, Mr. O'Leary. {84804}{84897}You don't have to say anything, Mr. Doyle.|You see, l grew up in an orphanage. {84912}{84963}l wish my dad had your guts. {84978}{85032}Good luck to you. Good night, all. {85044}{85076}Good night. {85102}{85170}We're organizing a race next month. {85191}{85262}-The Desmond Doyle Benefit Sweepstake.|-Great. {85299}{85372}-Put your money on Slippery Sam.|-Slippery Sam. {85418}{85471}Grand man. Good night, now. God bless. {85511}{85598}This calls for a celebration.|Another round for the table. {85600}{85639}Make mine a lemonade. {85643}{85702}What? A lemonade? Are you all right, son? {85710}{85758}No, l'm feeling terrible. {85795}{85856}But maybe it's time l tried to feel better. {85882}{85905}Jerry. {86045}{86094}Keep your eye on the ball, son. {86169}{86204}Dig it out. {86209}{86251}-Dig it out.|-Thomas! {86355}{86446}-Good reflexes, you'll need them.|-Back in the lrish strip, l see. {86457}{86553}lt helps me to see things more clearly.|Did you play rugby yourself, Nick? {86555}{86656}No, l understand it's kind of|a Neanderthal version of American football. {86658}{86697}ls that what you think? {86698}{86728}Hut, hut. {86850}{86880}Hopeless. {86898}{86934}So, anyway... {86956}{87026}why have l invited you to this sacred turf? {87035}{87095}-l was kind of wondering that.|-So was l. {87096}{87175}Me, too. lt's not exactly|how l planned to spend my morning. {87177}{87207}You know... {87254}{87360}when my cartilage went|and they were taking me off on a stretcher... {87362}{87428}l looked up and l saw this father... {87448}{87520}holding his little child up on his shoulders. {87542}{87619}They thought l was a hero,|but you know something? {87633}{87715}l envied that man so much. He was my hero. {87758}{87859}All Desmond wants|is to hold his kids up on his shoulders. {87879}{87919}We can help you to that. {87921}{87993}But how, Tom? There is no right of appeal. {87995}{88032}Ferris made sure of that. {88034}{88077}We don't need an appeal. {88084}{88140}Not if we bring an entirely new case... {88142}{88216}based on an entirely different|principle of law. {88218}{88292}But we're automatically barred|from bringing the same facts... {88294}{88359}before the same court|that's already heard them. {88361}{88441}Be it the District Courts or High Courts,|we've nowhere else to go. {88443}{88493}There is somewhere else to go. {88499}{88535}The Supreme Court. {88546}{88586}The Supreme Court? {88605}{88656}We can't go there with this. {88660}{88736}They won't hear a case like this.|They only deal with big stuff. {88738}{88761}Yes. {88779}{88863}Like laws that contravene|the lrish Constitution... {88886}{88927}which l've been reading. {89009}{89054}Wait a second. Hold on. {89056}{89152}Has anyone ever successfully|challenged the law on these grounds? {89178}{89202}No. {89315}{89390}-What chance do you think we've got?|-Who knows? {89395}{89503}But l've seen games won by teams|without any hope at all. {89606}{89638}Bloody hopeless. {89678}{89757}Good evening,|and welcome to the very first edition... {89765}{89811}of Conversations With Canning... {89813}{89881}on this marvelous new medium|of the television. {89918}{89995}For those of you who listen to my show|on the wireless... {89997}{90071}I hope I'm even better looking|than you thought. {90133}{90196}Now, many of you... {90202}{90285}will remember these sad headlines|of last month.: {90298}{90340}''Desmond's Despair. '' {90370}{90438}Desmond certainly isn't despairing|at the moment. {90439}{90502}ln fact, he's sitting here, right beside me... {90503}{90570}in our ultramodern television studio. {90581}{90675}And he's got new reasons for being hopeful,|haven't you Desmond? {90677}{90704}Yes! {90724}{90819}It's okay. You don't have to shout,|we can hear you fine. {90833}{90862}Fair enough. {90864}{90931}Doesn't he look handsome|when he smartens himself up? {90933}{91008}He's learning. l've always told him|he should model himself on me. {91013}{91116}...that your daughter Evelyn|and your two boys are being held illegally. {91127}{91152}Yes. {91182}{91286}And you'll be taking on|some pretty top people? {91291}{91375}Yeah. We're gonna call|the Minister of Education as a witness. {91403}{91504}And I've often asked myself,|''What drives Desmond Doyle?'' {91519}{91582}-Desmond?|-I love my children. {91619}{91684}I'm sick of saying goodbye to them|all the time. {91686}{91768}I just don't want them|to spend their whole childhood crying. {91771}{91838}-Has a date been set for the trial?|-Not yet. {91840}{91903}But l want my kiddies home for Christmas. {91939}{91981}Home for Christmas. {92006}{92075}That's an inspiring note on which to end... {92078}{92149}this little conversation with Canning. {92151}{92181}Holy Jesus. {92195}{92251}This thing will never catch on. {92260}{92326}...and we'll be following your case closely. {92342}{92369}And now... {92370}{92451}the beautiful strains of the Irish harp. {92567}{92620}Some good news, some bad news. {92627}{92683}First, the good news. They've set a date. {92685}{92742}-Second week in December.|-Great. {92764}{92818}lt's a great time to have a trial. {92822}{92923}-Even judges are sentimental at Christmas.|-Not all of them, l'm afraid. {92925}{92973}Guess who we've got again. {92977}{93018}-Ferris the Ferret?|-Yes. {93020}{93109}He's been elevated|to the Supreme Court, apparently. {93114}{93154}Lousy luck. {93165}{93219}Luck's got nothing to do with it. {93229}{93335}lf you ask me, the State's planted him there|in an attempt to scupper us. {93402}{93464}Come on, eat up, there's plenty more. {93499}{93558}Here, have a nice big fat sausage. {93578}{93664}We're gonna make you lovely and lazy.|Might slow you up a bit. {93706}{93812}Sorry, Sam, nothing for you.|You're gonna get your feast after the race. {93869}{93941}They're off, and it's a close-packed field|at the start now. {93943}{93983}Come on! {94079}{94114}Stay up there, my boy. {94119}{94159}Stay up. Yes! {94162}{94243}They're battling it out, neck and neck.|Slippery Sam's edged in front. {94245}{94295}And as they come around the bend... {94297}{94352}Slippery Sam putting on|a tremendous effort. {94779}{94835}O'Leary, how did you know? {94836}{94899}Let's say l knew he was hungry for a win. {94901}{94942}-Good man.|-Desmond? {94952}{95030}The readers of the Irish Times|have voted you the Man of the Year. {95032}{95110}-How do you feel about that?|-l'm honored. Who was second? {95111}{95162}-The Pope.|-Fair play to him. {95164}{95199}Come on, Bernadette. {95201}{95279}-Let's go and collect our winnings.|-Right you are. {95285}{95345}Desmond, l've got a few bob, myself. {95363}{95435}-How's it going with Bernadette, then?|-Great. {95443}{95554}ln fact, l asked her to come back|to America with me, when the case is over. {95561}{95594}Really? {95604}{95642}What did she say? {95644}{95698}She said she'd think about it. {95778}{95826}l asked her to move in with me. {95835}{95871}-Really?|-Yeah. {95873}{95903}What did she say? {95905}{95954}She said she'd think about it. {96058}{96147}-Who knows what she'll do.|-Fatima Mansions versus the USA. {96179}{96215}Tough choice. {96346}{96405}Sister, why don't you cut my hair? {96407}{96445}You've cut everybody else's. {96447}{96540}Because they are not likely|to have their photos all over the newspaper. {96542}{96585}Why should that make a difference? {96586}{96691}l don't think that l should be treated special|just because my daddy's getting famous. {96693}{96764}But didn't your daddy tell us|not to cut your hair? {96766}{96837}Yes, and didn't he tell you|to let me go home? {96840}{96893}You didn't take a blind bit of notice. {96903}{96927}Look.... {96931}{97026}lf l were to cut your hair,|Sister Theresa would not be amused. {97032}{97089}l'll explain to my daddy if he gets cross. {97091}{97168}And who will explain it to Sister Theresa|if she gets cross? {97170}{97204}You, Sister. {97211}{97318}Hugh Canning reporting to you, live,|from outside the Supreme Court... {97324}{97404}on the first day of this historic case. {97422}{97493}A grand, official car has just arrived. {97498}{97561}lt's the Minister of Education. {97562}{97636}Looks as if he'd rather be|somewhere else, this day. {97664}{97739}This must be what soldiers feel like|just before battle. {97758}{97798}-Nervous?|-Nervous? {97813}{97863}l'm only trying to make legal history... {97865}{97969}by doing something that's never been|done before, and if l fail, l'm unemployable. {97971}{98037}But if you win, son, you're immortal. {98044}{98095}You're in the history books. {98119}{98202}And you'll help take this country|out of the Dark Ages. {98269}{98341}Rosary beads.|l thought you weren't religious. {98366}{98402}l'm not. {98440}{98530}When the verdict comes in,|these are for counting the score. {98568}{98632}Remember, Nick, speak from your heart. {98653}{98738}l'll sit up in the gallery,|out of the Ferret's eye-line. {98743}{98776}Thanks, Tom. {98785}{98838}-Good luck, son.|-Thanks for everything. {98898}{98926}Right. {99028}{99075}Let the battle commence. {99096}{99148}-ls this all right?|-lt's fine. {99188}{99255}Minister, three times now|you have refused... {99257}{99341}to reconsider the case of Desmond Doyle.|ls that correct? {99347}{99434}lt is. A decision subsequently upheld|by the High Court. {99455}{99566}Yes, but the grounds for our action now|are fundamentally different, is that not so? {99601}{99641}l suppose it is. {99643}{99762}Could you tell us, Minister, to whom or|to what do you owe your eminent position? {99776}{99803}Pardon? {99805}{99850}Your job, sir. Who appointed you? {99851}{99949}Objection, Your Lordship.|This is irrelevant, not to say insolent. {99955}{99979}My lord... {99981}{100088}counsel for the plaintiff|has indeed failed to establish relevance. {100106}{100155}l am about to do so, Your Lordship. {100157}{100208}l hope so, Mr. Barron. Proceed. {100253}{100355}As Minister for Education, you are|a government appointee, are you not? {100360}{100391}Of course l am. {100393}{100469}What is the document on which|the lrish government's authority... {100471}{100534}and therefore your authority, rests? {100557}{100603}The lrish Constitution. {100613}{100673}Have you read it recently? {100675}{100730}Objection, Your Lordship.|This is insufferable! {100732}{100827}Counsel for the plaintiff is not displaying|due deference to the witness, my lord. {100829}{100871}Objection sustained. {100875}{100955}Be careful, Mr. Barron.|The witness must be treated with respect. {100957}{100987}Yes, my lord. {101024}{101093}l would be grateful|if you could read out to the Court... {101094}{101165}those short extracts|from the lrish Constitution... {101169}{101258}which, we have established,|is the basis for your authority. {101322}{101351}''Article 1 . {101354}{101449}''The lrish Constitution shall be consistent|with the law of God. {101494}{101525}''Article 41 . {101540}{101625}''A parent and child have a fundamental|and God-given right... {101627}{101701}''to the enjoyment of each other's|mutual society. {101769}{101806}''Article 42. {101807}{101901}''A blameless parent shall not be deprived|of his or her right... {101903}{101953}''to direct the child's education.'' {101955}{102017}ls it fair to say|that by consistently rejecting... {102018}{102087}Desmond Doyle's application|for the return of his children... {102089}{102206}you have denied him|that fundamental and God-given right? {102218}{102283}Would it be fair to say that, Minister? {102352}{102410}We are waiting for your response. {102428}{102482}That is a possibility. {102495}{102519}Yes. {102521}{102563}And is it also a possibility... {102565}{102649}that you have contravened|Article 42 of the Constitution... {102651}{102766}by denying Desmond Doyle|the right to direct his children's education? {102796}{102821}Yes. {102823}{102886}That is also a possibility. {102920}{102997}-That is what we are here to determine.|-Exactly. {103024}{103078}And we will so determine. {103080}{103118}Good boy. {103125}{103167}No further questions. {103170}{103200}Well done. {103255}{103303}Article 42 of the Constitution... {103305}{103367}refers to a blameless parent. {103386}{103477}And we contend that this concept|is tacit also in Article 41 . {103487}{103543}That it is the blameless parent... {103545}{103644}who has a fundamental, God-given right|to his children's society. {103669}{103692}This... {103694}{103751}does not apply to Desmond Doyle. {103819}{103892}He came barging in, unannounced,|to the main building. {103894}{103950}He was in a terrible rage... {103960}{104012}and he looked like a man|possessed by the Devil. {104014}{104113}Objection. Your Lordship,|the witness is demonizing my client. {104115}{104208}Not so, my lord. The Sister|is merely expressing herself vividly... {104210}{104294}using a figure of speech|appropriate to her occupation. {104304}{104366}Objection overruled. Proceed, Sister. {104383}{104432}He was like a man possessed. {104436}{104494}He shouted at me, ''Where is my daughter?'' {104496}{104581}-He yelled at the top of his voice.|-And what did you say to him, Sister? {104583}{104674}-l asked him if he had an appointment.|-And what did he say? {104685}{104770}He grabbed me by the throat|and almost choked the life out of me. {104772}{104817}Throttling me, he was. {104829}{104888}He said if l didn't tell him|where his daughter was... {104890}{104976}he would tear me limb from limb.|Those were his exact words. {104978}{105082}-l thought he was going to murder me.|-And what did he do then, Sister? {105105}{105177}l told him where the girl was|and he ran upstairs... {105178}{105238}repeating his threats as he did so. {105241}{105311}My neck was black and blue|from where his thumbs had been. {105313}{105379}Did you report|this deplorable incident to anyone? {105381}{105448}Yes, l phoned the police.|They will confirm every word. {105450}{105555}Sister Theresa decided, out of the charity|of her heart, not to press charges. {105557}{105610}No further questions, my lord. {105667}{105715}Have l messed it up for us all, then? {105716}{105758}You may have. {105766}{105846}We're just gonna have to show|that this was an isolated incident... {105847}{105907}not part of a pattern of behavior. {105909}{105994}-l hope that was the only such incident?|-Of course it was. {105996}{106072}Apart from the time you tried to punch|Father O'Malley at Fergal's. {106074}{106098}That. {106100}{106200}-And when you tried to kidnap your kids.|-Yes, but l was drunk on both occasions. {106202}{106288}For God's sake, don't try to use|drunkenness as a defense. {106290}{106334}lt doesn't impress them. {106336}{106425}Haven't you heard the phrase,|''As sober as a judge''? {106535}{106577}So, you see, Your Lordship... {106578}{106689}l only shook Sister Brigid when|l found out she'd beaten up my little girl. {106691}{106752}-l object, Your Lordship.|-Not as much as l object. {106754}{106813}l object to anyone laying a finger|on my kids. {106815}{106860}Objection upheld. {106862}{106937}That's Mr. Wolfe's objection,|not yours, Mr. Doyle. {106939}{106987}Continue with your testimony. {106998}{107056}Wouldn't any father have done what l did? {107063}{107129}Evelyn's face was all battered and bruised. {107163}{107203}Silence in court. {107285}{107356}Even as a very dubious kind of Catholic... {107358}{107421}who finds himself throttling a nun... {107427}{107520}you must know that the fundamental|building block of our society... {107522}{107550}is the family... {107552}{107621}whose very model is the Holy family... {107623}{107670}Jesus, Mary and Joseph. {107688}{107767}How can you, as a single father|and as a Catholic... {107783}{107860}possibly claim to bring up your children|without a mother? {107862}{107926}There is absolutely no precedent for it... {107928}{108003}in the religion|in which you allegedly believe. {108239}{108297}Cat got your tongue... {108317}{108350}Mr. Doyle? {108495}{108526}There is.... {108586}{108661}There is a precedent, as you'd like to call it. {108662}{108705}What are you saying? {108729}{108830}The fundamental building block of our faith|is not the Holy family... {108848}{108892}it's the Holy Trinity. {108896}{108962}The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. {108986}{109030}When my mother died... {109057}{109119}my father brought us up on his own... {109127}{109189}with only the Holy Spirit to guide him. {109190}{109257}He used to say the Holy Spirit was love. {109258}{109338}Doesn't the Holy Bible say,|''...faith, hope and love... {109370}{109443}''but the greatest of these is love''? {109494}{109541}l've given up the drink. {109595}{109657}l've worked all the hours God sends. {109683}{109769}l've become a better person|to try and fill myself with the Holy Spirit... {109771}{109841}so l can bring my kids up|surrounded by love. {109931}{109973}That's all l can do. {110009}{110049}No man can do more. {110295}{110329}Silence in court. {110333}{110362}Silence! {110405}{110448}No further questions. {110458}{110529}Your Lordship, we would request|that the court is recalled... {110530}{110593}when we have subpoenaed|our next witness... {110614}{110650}Evelyn Doyle. {110696}{110767}The bastards.|They'll intimidate the little soul. {110790}{110895}Lord Jesus, l have to go to the big court|soon, to answer some questions. {110902}{110949}Please let my daddy win. {110953}{111036}l know you're testing him,|but l think he's getting very tired. {111038}{111097}Lord, please let him win. {111113}{111139}Amen. {111392}{111447}-Daddy!|-Hello, love. {111472}{111503}Your hair. {111505}{111550}l told them to cut it. {111559}{111598}Don't you like it? {111628}{111671}lt's lovely, pet. {111673}{111707}lt suits you. {111709}{111762}You've got your new shoes on again. {111807}{111841}You've got to go now. {111843}{111875}Bye, Daddy. {111895}{111950}Silence in court. {111981}{112042}The court will draw itself to order. {112224}{112273}Now, Evelyn Doyle... {112313}{112404}do you remember the time in St. Joseph's,|when you tripped in the corridor... {112406}{112465}and bashed your face,|when you fell down the stairs? {112467}{112497}No, sir. {112510}{112561}Think back to last March. {112577}{112649}Apparently, Sister Felicity|had to give you some aspirin. {112656}{112689}lsn't that correct? {112691}{112749}-Yes, sir, she did.|-And why was that? {112751}{112810}Because my face was all swollen|and black and blue. {112811}{112875}Because you had fallen down the stairs. {112877}{112939}No. That's what Sister Brigid said. {112941}{112997}According to Sister Felicity,|you made no attempt... {112998}{113108}to deny the fact that you had fallen|down the stairs and bruised your face. {113186}{113236}You didn't say otherwise, did you? {113238}{113263}No. {113270}{113304}l mean, yes. {113308}{113340}l'm all mixed up. {113342}{113401}So, what really happened... {113414}{113491}was exactly what Sister Brigid said|had happened. {113507}{113589}And you made up a story|in your letter to your father... {113591}{113647}because you wanted to get out|of St. Joseph's... {113649}{113709}and you thought a little lie would help. {113711}{113776}l didn't lie. l didn't make it up. {113778}{113864}l know it must be a frightening|experience for you, Evelyn... {113866}{113937}being a little girl in a big court like this. {113945}{114045}You must try not to be scared. Even though|you're alone in front of all these people. {114407}{114487}l'm not scared anymore, Your Lordship,|and l'm not alone. {114510}{114560}My granddad is here with me. {114582}{114643}See. He's letting us know he's here. {114666}{114758}Your Lordship, the child's grandfather|died some months ago. {114759}{114809}She obviously has a very... {114813}{114854}vivid imagination. {114907}{114946}Now, child... {114965}{115019}let me ask you one last time... {115021}{115122}do you remember falling in the corridor|and hitting your face on the stairs? {115124}{115181}No, l didn't fall on the stairs. {115182}{115265}l was going to tell Sister Felicity|what really happened... {115267}{115343}but then l thought|it would only get Sister Brigid into trouble. {115345}{115419}So, l prayed that God|would forgive Sister Brigid for hitting me. {115421}{115483}This is a preposterous assertion. {115491}{115558}Why on earth|would the good Sister hit you? {115559}{115649}Because l said she shouldn't belt Annette|for getting her catechism wrong. {115650}{115705}Poor little innocent. Shame on you. {115707}{115774}She was better off with Desmond Doyle.|l can see that now. {115776}{115854}-Wait till l get you outside!|-Silence in court! {115942}{115970}Evelyn Doyle... {115972}{116066}do you expect this court to believe|that after she did that to you... {116068}{116130}-you prayed for her?|-Yes, l did. {116135}{116194}l put it to you that you are lying. {116195}{116253}Lying is a sin|against the Eighth Commandment. {116254}{116340}''Thou shalt not bear false witness|against thy neighbor.'' {116346}{116424}l'm surprised you don't know that,|if you're a lawyer. {116434}{116497}Sister Brigid told this court|the truth of the matter... {116498}{116576}that she picked you up|when you fell down the stairs. {116581}{116678}No. That's not true.|Hope she goes to confession soon. {116757}{116827}-Wanna hear the prayer l said last night?|-We do not. {116829}{116866}Not so, Mr. Wolfe. {116868}{116965}lt is material to the court's evaluation|of the child's character. {116978}{117054}Evelyn, let us hear your prayer, please. {117092}{117123}''Lord God... {117138}{117207}''you guide the universe|with wisdom and love. {117216}{117288}''Hear the prayer we make to you|for our country... {117290}{117347}''the beautiful country of lreland. {117348}{117456}''Through the honesty of our citizens,|and the wisdom of those who govern us... {117458}{117515}''may lasting peace be delivered... {117521}{117577}''and truth and justice flourish.'' {117588}{117614}Amen. {117687}{117736}-She's a credit to you.|-Thank you. {117738}{117790}Thank you, Evelyn. You may step down. {117819}{117885}The great day has finally arrived. {117886}{117982}The day Desmond Doyle and his kids,|and indeed the whole of lreland... {117984}{118026}has been waiting for. {118027}{118114}The day when Desmond finds out,|once and for all... {118115}{118168}whether he will get his kids back. {118170}{118253}Sister, why couldn't me and the boys|go to court today? {118255}{118332}Because they don't want a repeat|of the scenes they had last time. {118338}{118448}The Lord Mayor of Dublin has just|appeared in his official limousine... {118450}{118509}and a beautiful car it is, too. {118523}{118613}l would remind you, however,|that never before... {118615}{118718}has a law been found repugnant|to the lrish Constitution... {118720}{118826}and that has to happen today,|if Desmond Doyle is to win. {118995}{119073}l now call on Justice Ferris|to deliver his judgment. {119110}{119226}l am persuaded by Mr. Wolfe's argument|on behalf of the Minister for Education... {119240}{119287}that the term ''parent''... {119289}{119361}in Articles 41 and 42 of the Constitution... {119372}{119448}must be held to imply both parents. {119471}{119531}There is no contradiction|between those Articles... {119533}{119589}and Section 10 of the Children's Act... {119599}{119698}and said Act|is not repugnant to the Constitution. {119727}{119822}l, therefore, find in favor of the defendant,|the Minister for Education. {119865}{119917}l'll strangle that ferret one day. {119979}{120063}lt's 1-0 to the Minister, with 2 votes to go. {120070}{120151}The next Judge, Justice Daley,|must vote for Desmond... {120153}{120209}or it's all over for the Doyles. {120225}{120285}Don't despair, my child. Have faith. {120290}{120354}...or there'll be rioting going on. {120407}{120466}l agree with Mr. Wolfe... {120487}{120562}that the Minister for Education has,|at all times... {120564}{120632}acted in a reasonable|and conscientious manner... {120648}{120713}within the provisions of the Children's Act. {120714}{120805}l also agree with my learned|and honorable friend, Justice Ferris... {120820}{120874}that there is no precedent for declaring... {120875}{120939}an lrish Statute|repugnant to the Constitution... {120941}{121025}-Please God, grant us a ''however.''|-...and therefore invalid. {121087}{121161}However, despite the absence|of precedent... {121174}{121239}l find Mr. Barron's argument persuasive. {121265}{121337}ln any event, with respect to|my learned friend, Mr. Ferris... {121339}{121395}it is the duty of the Supreme Court... {121399}{121449}not only to follow precedent... {121470}{121509}but to set it. {121527}{121572}On the grounds submitted... {121588}{121663}that the Children's Act 1941, Section 10... {121665}{121731}contravenes a parent's fundamental,|God-given right... {121733}{121777}to the society of his children... {121778}{121839}and is therefore repugnant|to the Constitution... {121858}{121932}l find in favor of the plaintiff,|Desmond Doyle. {121983}{122077}Marvelous! Children,|don't you stop praying now. {122081}{122211}...the Supreme Court. Now it all rests on the|shoulders of Justice Lynch, a Kerry man. {122213}{122301}The tension in here is almost unbearable. {122302}{122428}I can't think of anything like it, since|Tom Connolly's last-second penalty goal... {122430}{122505}that won Ireland the Triple Crown,|30 years ago. {122506}{122543}And amazingly... {122550}{122638}Connolly is now part|of Desmond Doyle's team. {122657}{122722}l have been impressed|by Desmond Doyle's diligence... {122724}{122844}and determination in rebuilding|his financial and domestic circumstances... {122855}{122920}in the wake of|his wife's unfortunate desertion. {122922}{122995}l have noted, too,|the obvious bonds of love and affection... {122997}{123062}between Doyle and his daughter, Evelyn... {123074}{123147}who made a deep impression on me,|and l'm sure, on all of us... {123149}{123236}-in the witness stand.|-Please, no. Don't give us a ''however.'' {123238}{123326}However, we are officers of the law... {123338}{123401}and must not be guided by sentiment. {123428}{123517}Though Mr. Barron|made a moving and powerful plea... {123519}{123556}on behalf of his client... {123558}{123611}a stirring appeal to the heart... {123643}{123762}we, as law officers, must determine cases|with the head, not the heart. {123778}{123811}Tom, have we lost? {123813}{123874}l agree with my learned friend,|Justice Ferris... {123875}{123955}-Yes, unless he says another ''however.''|-...that it is regrettable... {123966}{124086}that no precedent has been cited|in support of Mr. Doyle's case. {124168}{124202}However... {124217}{124301}though no precedent can be found|in lrish law... {124314}{124409}we can argue|from an analogous English case. {124426}{124499}ln the Crown versus Clark, 1891 ... {124501}{124605}the principle of a parent's inalienable right|to his or her children... {124610}{124673}was enshrined in common law. {124726}{124750}However... {124791}{124831}...the parent's right... {124833}{124941}could, as common law,|be overridden by statute. {125024}{125090}-However...|-Yes, dear God. {125091}{125127}...unlike the English... {125138}{125210}we lrish have a written Constitution... {125227}{125310}so that, in the words|of Evelyn Doyle's prayer: {125321}{125388}''truth and justice may flourish.'' {125402}{125497}l find it unarguably true,|as Mr. Barron contends... {125517}{125606}a parent has|an inalienable and God-given right... {125608}{125659}to the society of his children. {125666}{125739}l therefore find|in favor of the plaintiff, Mr. Doyle. {126186}{126213}We did it! {126405}{126455}Desmond Doyle has won! {126504}{126532}Glory be to God! {126659}{126726}-Praise be to God!|-Sister, we've won. {126773}{126843}Darling child, don't you forget me. {126852}{126903}l won't, Sister. l love you. {127099}{127167}You'll be needing|a housekeeper now, won't you? {127843}{127914}Love and glory, boys! {127942}{128015}Legal history has been made. {128346}{128422}Evelyn's won. We can all go home soon! {128859}{128887}Daddy! {128936}{129017}Oh, my love. Good to see you. {129339}{129373}Let me see you. {129505}{129550}You look gorgeous. {130165}{130222}Don't worry, Heidi. l didn't forget you. {130397}{130467}Let's connect these two together now. {130699}{130738}Some tea, too? {131088}{131153}Children, come and sit down, turkey's ready. {131155}{131240}Evelyn, Maurice, Dermot,|come and sit down, everybody. {131242}{131317}-l am starving.|-Okay, crackers. Get a cracker, lads. 72080