CRY OF SEAGULLS
SOUND OF TRAFFIC
THUMP OF DANCE MUSIC AND SHOUTING
CHATTING AND LAUGHTER
OMINOUS MUSIC
(Distant female voice) Get off me, let me out.
(Female voice) No! (Male voice) Shut up!
THUD OF DOOR
(Male voice) I'm not telling you again, shut the fuck up!
(Frightened) Stop, okay, just stop! Listen...
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Detective Inspector Fia Lucey!
If you knew the paperwork involved in an off-duty arrest, you'd save us
all the hassle and open the goddamn door now!
She was sick.
Yeah, just get the fuck out.
You all right love? Yeah.
Fuckin' skanks! The pair of yis.
LOUD THUD Oh fuck!
Fuckin' stupid bitch.
Fuck sake.
You broke my fucking nose!
You're damn right I did. Fuck you.
THEME MUSIC PLAYS
MUSIC PLAYING IN CAR
CAR HORN
Numerous recommendations, a medal... three undue force complaints in the
last year and we both know you're here to take a little slap.
Now we didn't ask for you.
And I'm absolutely certain you didn't ask for here!
Actually I did.
They gave me choices.
I thought it was time to come home.
Right, so, DI Fia Lucey is joining us on a temporary secondment from
Dublin, I've assigned her to the Roisin Hurley case, Roisin and her
were acquaintances back in the day, so she's well placed to take it on.
We all know Roisin Hurley has a habit of going missing.
What makes you say that?
Ah, she'd be drunk in a ditch somewhere or in someone's bed
she's not supposed to be in.
Webster! Sorry, Super.
Sometimes I use my gob the way other people use their elbows.
Webster, a word in my office.
Right, who am I partnered with?
That'd be me.
Garda Cian Furlong, nice to... meet you.
Marjorie!
It'll remind me to pray.
We need to pray James.
She's back.
The Lucey girl is back.
(Deep sigh)
Does it feel good to be home?
It hasn't been home for a very long time.
On your own or do you have a... Divorced.
I know it must be hard being back and all...
Why aren't you ahead?
Are you lazy or just incompetent?
You just arrogant or plain rude?
We're meeting Charlie Reid.
He's the one who called in Roisin Hurley as missing.
She was last seen two nights ago at a hotel function, with the manager
and part owner of... Yeah, I remember.
I worked summers here in my teens.
Then you know what she's like then.
She's gone AWOL before, so I'm sure we're just ticking boxes.
DI Fia Lucey.
Yeah, I remember you.
I heard you were back.
Already?
I'm sure you haven't forgotten what small towns are like.
Roisin Hurley a friend of yours?
Old friend.
The thing is, she might have fallen off the wagon.
She's done that before.
But I didn't see any signs of her drinking recently, to be honest,
and she hasn't been answering her phone, so it got me worried.
Right.
Let me show you up to her apartment.
Roisin's age?
48, same as myself.
Family situation?
Single.
She has a sister and a niece she doted on, but they're in Australia
now and never come home.
Her mother passed away about two years ago.
What was the event you last had eyes on her?
Bill Maguire hosted drinks for people involved in the whisky
festival, sort of, you know, a thank you.
Bill has a share in the hotel, owns the distillery too.
Any idea if anything was bothering her?
Was she depressed?
She has had issues with depression in the past, yeah.
How serious?
Roisin has taken more than one overdose.
That's why I'm a bit worried.
Look, the thing is, she would have alerted staff if she was going away.
Thanks Mr. Reid.
Garda Furlong will take a statement from you now.
Please try and remember anything that might be of use to us.
Donna says the CCTV hasn't worked for months,
Roisin hadn't paid the contractors.
Were you on duty that night?
Until 10.
Roisin took over herself then, she would have been in and out of the
function, keeping an eye on reception.
What's the time of her last entry?
Half ten, she made a replacement key for a guest.
Did Ms. Hurley seem inebriated to you?
She was stone cold sober, as far as I could tell.
But once you get a reputation around here,
well, it sticks with you for life.
Right, here's my number if you think of anything, anything at all.
Actually, there was hassle, outside with Roisin and a young woman, she
was slim, brown hair, early 20s I'd say.
Staff?
I doubt it, she was dressed in jeans and a green sweatshirt.
Anyway, it's probably nothing.
It was just Roisin and her for two seconds.
I didn't see her after that.
Right, we'll we look into that, thanks.
A connection between you and Donna I should know about?
Ah, she'd be wary of me, had a few run-ins with her father and brother.
How do you remember Roisin?
Tough, no bullshit.
So I liked her.
I mean she was definitely troubled, but...
I appreciated the offer of a summer's job.
Especially when everyone in this town
looked at their feet when I walked past!
I'm assuming you've heard?
I heard.
Yeah!
LOUD CRACK
DOOR OPENS
SOUND OF DOOR BEING LOCKED
KNOCK ON DOOR
DOORBELL RINGS
Auntie Sandra!
Donal!
15 years since you set foot inside this door.
Does that mean we don't have to come to Dublin to see you now?
For a while anyway.
So they sent you back home to face your demons.
I actually chose to face them head on.
Or lose my job.
Sure all you did was break some lowlife's nose.
Donal!
Sandra, tea is great, but this is a big occasion...
I'm ahead of you husband!
Sure he'll never stop being a Guard, checking in on the house, making
sure things are in order.
I miss her every single day.
All of them.
Yeah.
Lynette, what's that?
Sorry, I thought I buffed it Serena.
Hiya Bill. Serena.
How's grandad doing Lynette? I was sorry to hear his news.
They're trying a new type of chemo.
Thanks for asking Mr. Maguire.
I'll tell him you did. Do.
Bill. Charles, good to see you sunshine.
Now, what's the word on Roisin?
Nothing yet.
Jack Lucey's daughter's on the case.
You knew she was back?
Sure the whole town has heard.
She's asking about Roisin's lovers and whatnot.
Good luck with that!
Usually she'd let me know if she was heading out
to party with a guest though.
Party, is that what they're calling it now!?
Did she call you or anything?
Serena, the pairing menu for the buyers dinner...
I brought a bottle of the new honey and thyme for you to try.
See what you think.
The festival.
Were either of ye up at the hotel
the other night for the Bill Maguire thing?
Hey, I thought this was a family visit!
It is, but I'm still on duty.
What do you want to know?
Where was the last place you saw Roisin?
Maybe she was in out of the room, but she wasn't out there saying
goodbye to her guests.
But that's Roisin for you.
How do you mean?
Ah I remember when she was a young one, a bit wild.
Nice girl, then she went downhill in her 20s.
Maybe the hotel was too much for her on her young shoulders.
She always seemed kind of sad to me, lonely.
Tell us, where have they put you accommodation wise?
B&B for now, until I find an apartment.
Your old room is upstairs, same as you left it.
Ah no... Not another word.
Absolutely, we'd love it.
Are you sure? Of course.
Thanks.
PHONE BUZZES Yeah?
Yeah, you'll have to collect me.
SPLASH OF WATER
Jesus!
Any idea if she remained in that spot, or have been further out
in the lake?
Ah, further out I'd say, given the degree of bloat and soakage.
She would have drifted in on the river flow
or generally like water movement.
Can I?
Looks like she only took one blow.
SPLASHING
It's the Lucey girl investigating Roisin's death by all accounts.
Lucey? Yeah.
Lucey, coming up 20 years now.
The house Lucey, all that?
She'll get to you no doubt.
Why me, it's been strictly business
between myself and Roisin for years now.
Held a few classes for her in the hotel gym, that's about all.
You're sure, nothing recently?
Nothing. Drink it.
THUD What was that for?
For a nephew of mine tapping Roisin Hurley in the first place!
Cause of death, penetrative blunt force trauma to the head,
a metal bar or heavy implement
and hit so violently she suffered acute brain injury.
Her lungs were clear of water
so she was dead before she was put in the lake.
Any idea how long she'd been in the water?
Given the skin shrinkage on the fingertips and body temp,
I'd say over 48 hours.
Alright, so not long after the hotel function
and any sign of sexual assault?
Nothing, no sign of a struggle either.
She was likely attacked from behind,
so could be she didn't see it coming.
We're waiting on toxicology.
We got plastic fibres from a rope,
the type you see on practically any boat.
I'm thinking tied to something heavy to keep her under water and water
movement must have prised her loose.
So we're looking for someone with a boat or access to a boat.
Well, the lake's pretty much a thoroughfare these days, a lot
has changed since you grew up here.
My father was coroner back then.
Did you know her?
Yeah, a long time ago.
She was kind to me.
Must be someone she knew.
Someone she trusted.
It's rage or fear or panic or maybe all three.
Any questions?
Did she suffer?
I can't say for sure, but given the depth of the penetration I'd say it
was instant.
They fished a body from the lake.
Not our Chloe, the missing Hurley woman.
I knew her disappearance was different this time.
What's it say?
They found her body in the lake,
but her death is being treated as suspicious.
They wouldn't say that if it was a drowning.
You okay hon?
We go back... I don't know how long.
We fought like cats and dogs...
But we had fierce history, you know.
I'll miss her.
You'll be one of the few.
A lot of men are going to be looking
into their cornflakes this morning.
Wondering if the Guards are going to knock on their door?
We'll start with boats already moored on the lake.
There's a list of attendees at the hotel function the night that.
Ms. Hurley disappeared.
I want everyone that attended to be interviewed and cross-checked for
boat ownership.
Take their phone numbers and cross-check with any numbers incoming
or outgoing to Ms. Hurley's phone that night.
Collect any photographs that might have been taken at the gathering.
We're looking for a young girl in blue jeans
and a green sweatshirt in particular, Ms. Hurley was seen
to have heated words with her, apparently.
Forensics are already working on Ms. Hurley's boat, Gannon, check in with
toxicology, see if we can determine whether there was any alcohol in her
system that night.
Did she arrange to meet anyone in a pub perhaps?
The Press will be given minimal information, suspicious circumstances
blah, blah, blah, but they'll be clamouring for more, given the high
profile of our victim locally.
Let's keep it respectful.
I'll set up an onsite investigation base at the hotel with Garda Furlong,
we'll interview staff, guests, check what meetings she attended in
the weeks leading up to her death.
Any CCTV footage from the hotel?
You double-checked?
Yeah, none of the internal or external cameras were operational.
Hotel let the contract slide.
Right, well if she hadn't been paying her bills
there could have been money trouble,
maybe there were debts she couldn't pay and someone lost their patience.
Right everyone, that's enough to be getting on with for now.
Sorry Guard, sorry.
It's the son, he's not right in the head...
..or the feet. (Laughs)
Larry Walsh and his son.
Donna's lot.
Like I said, scumbags!
Listen, do you mind if I clock off for a bit?
I've to take my son to football.
Sure, it's not like we're investigating a murder or anything!
That was uncalled for, I put in the hours!
How much longer will I be here?
Stop asking me that.
In my five years those doors have never closed.
I cannot reopen until...
Can you explain to Mr. Maguire?
The hotel remains closed until I say so.
Hmm, I'll see about that.
Thank you.
Can I go home to my little girl?
Not yet, I'm afraid.
Look, I need a list of all the paying guests
the night Roisin Hurley disappeared.
Was she murdered?
That's what everyone's saying.
I can't disclose any information about this investigation, I'm sorry.
But I really appreciate your help.
Yeah, I'll get your list.
Thanks.
Most of them were part-time that night, still go to school, so I
doubt if any of them ever even spoke with Roisin.
Do you think that girl you saw could have been a local?
If she is, I've never seen her before.
Alright, well we'll get a sketch artist to draw up a composite.
(Quiet sobbing)
Hey, you okay? Sorry.
Newspapers, they just keep calling.
It's just like Ro was a piece of meat to them!
Yeah.
You know, she could be kind.
Especially in the last few months.
She just seemed a lot happier in herself.
Listen, why don't you tell me about Ro's kind side over a cup of tea?
Actually scratch that, you strike me more as a vodka and coke kind of
girl, am I right?
It's lemon, vodka and lemon.
I'm a single mum.
And everyone around here thinks my family are scum.
But Roisin gave me the job.
Yeah, they can be very judgey around here, that's for sure.
Is it how it was for you?
I remember you from school, you know.
I was a few years down from ye.
You were fierce on the camogie pitch.
But I remember seeing you at lunchtime on your own.
Like me.
Well, I worked very hard for people not to see that.
Any idea why Roisin seemed lighter in herself?
She had taken to going somewhere every Wednesday afternoon, and she
always came back smiling.
There were rumours of her and Sean Maguire.
He's a fitness instructor.
I never saw anything though.
PHONE BUZZES
I better go.
Are you sure you didn't see anything?
Yeah, you, em, well, you just learn to keep your mouth shut around here.
Be careful.
That's your lad there now isn't it?
That's him.
I've been watching him, some footwork on him.
He'll make under 12 rugby captain, you mark my words.
I think he prefers the GAA to tell the truth.
Well you be a good father and make sure he grows out of that, the rugby
will open more doors for him in the long run, you'll see.
So where are we with the Roisin sorry business?
You know I can't talk about an ongoing murder investigation, Bill.
Bloody hell!
We've moved from suspicious to murder then?
This will be her now.
Jesus, sorry!
Late for dinner as if time never passed.
Oh, Fia, it's so good to see you.
I didn't realise you were waiting for me, you should have gone ahead!
Sit your arse down and get some food into you.
Aw thanks.
You look great! Is that mine?
It is not!
Brown stew with kidneys and dumplings to fatten you up!
No dumplings for you Donal.
Ah, that's terrible! (Laughs)
This must feel like a bit of a mindfuck?
You can say that again!
How does it feel, being back?
Okay.
I just need to keep the distance in my head.
Have you been up to the grave? No, Jesus!
I might as well tell you.
We've been running archive pieces of the paper, you know, days gone by.
The anniversary's coming up.
20 years.
Me being back stirs it all up.
There's a generation that'll never forget, but I'll make sure they keep
details to a minimum. It's okay.
I can't speak for national press. I know.
You covering a murder here... I get it.
Wake up.
CLINK OF CHAIN
LOUD SQUEAK
Dad I'm home.
Fia?
(Loud Scream)
CLICK OF CAMERA
Get the fuck out!
Can I get a quote from you DI Lucey? Get out of here!
Must be strange being back after all these years, a lot of mixed emotions
I'd imagine.
Get the fuck out of here! All right, all right.
This is private property.
No, I'm on public property here, that's private property.
I told you to get the fuck out of here.
All right, Garda, all right. Now!
Move it!
Why would they put her, of all people, on the Roisin Hurley case?
She's a high ranking detective.
You're not from around here, Elizabeth Lucey was my teacher.
She was a lovely person.
So you said, like 200 times! Because I was devastated, Cian.
We all were, it's all anyone could talk about for years, bloody bus
loads going up to the house for a gawk.
Now there's something new to talk about.
It's a joke her investigating Roisin's murder, when everyone knows
her father killed that Chloe Whelan girl.
They don't know that.
Oh, come on!
Their babysitter goes missing and the next day Jack Lucey goes and
kills his family!?
The man was a lunatic, a certified lunatic.
Schizophrenic.
It doesn't make you a homicidal maniac. But it did.
Niamh, sometimes I really wonder about you, you know that?
I'd have to care.
What's the thinking with Roisin anyway?
Bound to be one of her married men she pissed off.
You know I can't discuss a case with you.
There's plenty you don't discuss with me Cian.
One morning, just one morning, can I have my muesli in peace?
CRASH OF BREAKING POTTERY
PURR OF BOAT ENGINE
Is it yourself? It is, Fergus.
I took the chance that you'd still be going out
there at night and here you are.
Look, I'm looking into the Roisin Hurley murder case.
I was wondering if you saw anything unusual?
A boat out at night that you wouldn't normally see maybe?
No, time was it was just me and maybe
your father's boat out at night.
There's all sorts these days.
Do you know, your father's boat, the Lady Elizabeth, is still moored up
at the slip? Yeah.
I figured it would be.
Here, you didn't see Roisin Hurley's boat out four nights back?
Someone on board with her maybe?
No, not recently.
But a couple of months back, a young one, there was a young one...
Slim girl, long brown hair, early 20s?
That's her!
I remember her because she started coughing mightily and then she had
to use one of them... inhalers.
Did it seem friendly, like they were getting on?
Oh yeah.
Hey, come on, hop in, free Gillies tour of all the new houses.
I'll take you up on that offer again. Thanks Fergus.
Alright Fia.
Fergus Slattery saw the girl Donna described, with Roisin, a couple of
months ago on her boat.
Something turned sour between them,
we need to find out who she is and why.
Yeah.
Listen, should we be keeping Donna around?
She could be telling her family anything we find.
My gut tells me that she knows something more than she told us.
For some reason she's scared.
RAIN BEATING OFF THE ROOF
You have to eat.
Starve so.
HISS OF INHALER
This'll run out soon, I won't be able to breathe.
Do you understand?
I've spoken with the funeral home, I'll make sure Roisin gets a good
send off, once they release the body.
What about the hotel?
It belongs to me now, we agreed to will it to each other.
I never thought I'd say it.
But I will miss that grouchy face of hers!
BANG OF DOOR IN THE DISTANCE
FOOTSTEPS
Boat's clean, no blood, no sign of a struggle.
There's dozens of boats out there.
Dozens more off the water.
Let's start with the boats already moored first.
Why, specifically?
Because it makes more sense that her body was taken out into the lake
by a boat already on it.
Get the team to check piers, boathouses, anything for CCTV,
see what visuals we can find of boats pulling out after 10:30, the last
known sighting we have of Roisin so far on record.
Is that really the best use of my time?
Best I can think of right now!
It's Chloe's birthday, did you forget?
Of course I didn't!
Every year I still hope...
She's dead Marjorie!
And we know who killed her, that fucking man and now his daughter is
alive and well and swanning around here!
Where are you going?
To the church.
Six we found like this, kids, vandalising little fecks.
Yeah, waste of time.
We should be chasing proper leads for Christ's sake!
I tell you, your one needs to get her ass back to Dublin before we
have a serious falling out!
There it is again. Every Wednesday!
I haven't a clue.
I checked your computer,
found the empty folder where the CCTV files should be.
If you saw something, I'll make sure you won't get into trouble.
(Loud sigh)
It's all on here.
Fia, I was afraid.
I didn't know if I could trust you.
Now, I'm afraid for you.
Why?
Just look at it yourself.
Where the fuck were you going?
Hey Donna?
Do you've a backup of this?
That was a waste of time, cameras vandalised or fake.
All of them?
Might have missed one or two, but it'll be the same story, won't it?
Yeah, but let's just check out the one or two shall we?
I'll drive.
I'm not a sloppy guard.
I asked if you were lazy or incompetent?
Maybe you're something else?
What's that supposed to mean?
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