He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun
David Thewlis
as Dan Starkey
Rachel Griffiths
as Lee Cooper
Jason Isaacs
as Cow Pat Keegan
Laura Fraser
as Margaret
Richard Gant
as Charles Parker
Laine Megaw
as Patricia Starkey
Bronagh Gallagher
as Taxi Driver
Kitty Aldridge
as Agnes Brinn
Robert Lindsay
as Michael Brinn
Adam Blackwood
as Young Starkey
Simon Magill
as Starkey's Brother
Gerard Jordan
as Pizza Shop Boy
