Villains find they have their uses.
Assassination is definitely last resort, causing media frenzy, which stirs up a hornet's nest of protest, resulting in crack downs and the wrong kind of publicity. The shock feels personal. It happened to Veronica Guerin, who was investigating Dublin's underworld when she was gunned down in her car. Here she is called Sinead Hamilton and played by the American actress, Joan Allen. The film shows a different aspect of the Irish character, a far cry from Waking Ned.