In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
Cate Blanchett
as Veronica Guerin
Gerard McSorley
as John Gilligan
Ciarán Hinds
as John Traynor
Brenda Fricker
as Bernie Guerin
Don Wycherley
as Chris Mulligan
Barry Barnes
as Graham Turley
Simon O'Driscoll
as Cathal Turley
Emmet Bergin
as Aengus Fanning
Charlotte Bradley
as Ann Harris
Mark Lambert
as Willy Kealy
John Chard
You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same. The assassination of Dublin crime reporter Veronica Guerin in 1996 shook Ireland to the core, her murder saw a public swell of determination to rid the country of its drug peddlers. Joel Schumacher's film is an in dep...