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A TV DRAMA based on a bestselling book about about the disappearance of Jean McConville will air in Ireland next month.
It’s based on the New York Times best-selling book ‘Say Nothing’ by US author Patrick Radden Keefe, which has been adapted into a nine-part series.
Disney+ has confirmed that the series of the same name will be available in Ireland on the streaming site when the show premieres on 14 November.
Mother-of-10 Jean McConville was one of the Disappeared – she was taken from her home in west Belfast in December 1972 and murdered by the Provisional IRA.
Her remains were found by a walker in August 2003 on a beach in Co Louth.
Spanning four decades, Say Nothing opens with the abduction of the single mother from her home while surrounded by her children.
The show also promises to tell the story of various IRA members, the armed conflict on the island and the “emotional and psychological costs of a code of silence” facing those involved.
It’s the latest examination of the tumultuous period of Irish history to come to the screen, with its broadcast having the potential to to coincide with the general election here.
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As someone born and bred and still living in Inishowen, I have mixed views on this.
I love our landscape, but we are one of the worst hit areas during this recession. Even the boom didn’t really hit Inishowen except for those that traveled to Dublin for work during the week.
If this were to come to fruition, and jobs could be secured for the local economy, I’d say go for it.
I’m working in Shetland at the minute and I can see how the local economy has been effected here by the oil industry. Even though the majority of workers are offshore or are not local. The economy here has thrived due to the oil.
I’d live to see Inishowen have an economy like this.
Danny, It appears to me that outside influences tend to dictate what happens to our own natural resources. If this goes ahead, any precious metals will be mined and exported without much hype or benefit to the country let alone the locality.
The problem with the economic benefits is that they are usually short-lived. You only need to look at the hundreds of now-abandoned towns which sprung up in the US during the numerous gold rushes there to see lack of sustainability in this sort of growth.
Don’t like it stay poor but don’t complain when your young moves to Dublin, London or Sydney to get a job.. & a life
The example I gave of Shetland, all the oil is exported, it’s all owned by large companies, the cast majority of the workers live away from the island.
Yet the local economy is thriving.
It is one of the highest average wage regions in the UK and 100% employment.
That is all down to the services provided by the locals for the workers.
Will they start mining in Inishowen?
I doubt it.
If they did, would it open cast mines?
I doubt that too.
But if they did start mining, it would bring a boost to the local economy.
Is any economy finite?
No, like here in Shetland, where the oil will run out eventually.
But ask the people of Shetland if they would like the oil companies to leave because it isn’t finite, and you’d get a few weird looks from them.
There’s gold in them there hills…
Las Vegas in the holes of Donegal
Paul, Las Vegas was built because of the Hoover Dam and gambling (or Water and unguaranteed speculation) only they got it right.
And alas Vegas is also running out of water! Not a very sustainable solution there either.
Great…….bye bye to Donegals unspoilt landscape. All in the name of greed again.
Dont worry, these gold mining stories crop up on a quarterly basis, not much happens afterwards
Quick,give it away
How would you change the licensing and extraction legal system then?
Just change the legislation during the night or Christmas time and get the jobs bridge slaves new shovels
To what? There’s this strange myth going around that Ireland gives away natural resources. It doesn’t. We charge for exploration licenses and then we charge for royalties on profits. It’s quite straightforward. Pretty much every other country does it the same way.
We don’t charge much. That’s the point being made
To keep it all for ourselves of course, why charge royalties when we could have it all, well until it was formed into gold bars and shipped off to Germany of course
The royalties are fairly comparable to other countries of similar economic value. If you want to extract the gold, I’d actually be up for that. A nationalised mining company. But you can’t entice companies to come and find metals for you and then tell them to shag off because you want to extract it.
Of course you can, or alternately give them a wheelbarrow full of money and call them consultants
As long as that’s clearly the case from the get go. I don’t think you’d have many takers though. Companies like Teck and Boliden aren’t in it for the consultancy work.
Niall , have you even thought about the capital risk in exploration? It’s huge.
Nope I suppose not, although it’s never stopped the exploitation of our natural resources before.
But joking apart, if they mined it without digging a bloody big hole it would be grand, the royalties (if only small compared to the profits) could then be pumped into the tourism (with care so not to let it become tacky and overpriced as so often happens), then everyone would win.
It’s not small compared to profits. There are loads of taxes on minex.
You’ve got royalties, dead rent, corporate tax, licencing fees and of course the boost to the local economy. It’s not being “given away”.
Yes but every cent classified as exploration can then be deducted from the royalties owed to gov.
I said the royalties, trust me the government would suck up the rest, probably even make up some more as the water fiasco progresses
Sean, you are correct there that loads of people have false information on how we gave away all our natural resources. Its just not true. Recently the government, the DCENR, introduced a new system dealing with the taxation ans profits of offshore resources. Seems fair enough company takes risk in buying information then licence explores and is successful or not. Quite unsuccessful so far in finds. There was a inclusion for increasing tax take on higher returns etc also i believe. Quite similar to most countries except for a few who nationalised it, albeit who had greater resources or certainty to begin with.
Rory, Ireland has very middle of the road terms for mining companies. However, the one thing I would change is giving exploration rights back to the landowner. Ireland is really weird in that the state claims ownership of all of the resources and exploration rights. You have to kick back a share of the royalties to the land owners, most other countries do that. The US for example does this and the land owners who facilitate fracking have done very well out of it.
I live in the Stranorlar area and am desperately trying to get people to petition the Minister to refuse the prospecting licence. Please have a look and sign. The picture is of the area they want to destroy – the lake is our drinking water source
https://www.change.org/p/minister-joe-mc-hugh-td-department-of-communications-energy-and-natural-resources-do-not-grant-a-prospecting-licence-to-canada-resources-plc?recruiter=23821080&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg
Canada Resources? Sure. Signed.
Thank you Damien. I don’t understand all the red thumbs? A bit of research will show how this can destroy the regions habitat. The local area won’t benefit if they find anything – it will go into private hands for profit. Why would anyone want that (apart from the Company obviously)?
Charlie, it would appear that you are against austerity measures, against water charges and against job creation. I am sure that the AAA are suitably proud.
No problem. They have always known that the gold was there. Looks like they were waiting for the right time to sneak in and get it under the guise of ‘job creation’. One of the most beautiful parts of Ireland ripped up and destroyed for some gold and a few fat cats.
David I work in Lisheen Mine in Tipperary, a massive lead and zinc mine and has been in operation for nearly 20 years! We are due to cease production later this year and have provided a phenomenal amount of money to the local and national economy. If governed and run properly a mine can be a very prosperous addition to any locality! Lisheen have even left a legacy behind by assisting with major local projects including building a stadium for the local Gaa team, town park in Thurles, hurling wall for Tipperary Gaa etc. Dont knock it until you’ve seen the benefits first hand.
We’ll have our own Las Vegas in the hills of Donegal yet. Shur they need some bitta good news after getting hammered by Cork on Sunday.
To be honest, I don’t think there’ll be much sleep lost.
Johnny Joe!! I wouldnt call Donegal an unspoilt landscape, if you would ever of been up in inishowen, you would of noticed that some of our hills are destroyed with wind turbines!
Also, true word Danny McLaughlin, well said!
Lol
You reap what you (don’t) sow. The lack of building out a strong sustainable tourism sector in this region is now coming home to roost as the impact on tourism is low despite it being one of the most gorgeous landscapes in the country. You can’t blame private industry for looking to make money from the untapped potential of the area, you can look to the local community and ask why on earth was the tourism potential not realized a long time ago that would have had a serious invested interest in preserving the landscape as is?!?
This is why!….
http://youtu.be/mXSi9F8_xKo
The can have their Las Vegas so long as they promise to build that wall around the place.
There might be a job in it for ya Johnny?
Wonder how long it will take for that cretin Enda Kenny to give it all away??????
Oh Crap. For the love of spaghetti, please don’t tell the Todd Hoffman!
If ye find any.. Ring me
It appears to me that outside influences tend to dictate what happens to our own natural resources. If this goes ahead, any precious metals will be mined and exported without much hype or benefit to the country let alone the locality.
What’s the alternative to export exactly? Is someone in Ireland going to buy all the gold? Or are you expecting the government to take control of the tonnage mined, in which case why would a company bother mining in the first place.
All I’m saying is that usually when a country has these kinds of natural resources the locality prospers. That won’t happen in Ireland. We’re already giving away our oil and gas. And soon we will give away our water, wrapped up in a nice little package called “Irish Water”. So yes the government should create or nationalise a mining company to mine and sell off metals in the interest of the people. Why not?
Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, I’m sick and tired of workin’
No more, I’ll dig the prates and no longer, I’ll be fooled…..
Mining is always time limited. That’s the problem. Here in thurles, lisheen zinc mine will close this year. We all knew it was coming and indeed it actually was due to stop 2 years ago but still, what now?
Don’t worry I am sure that just like our oil and gas reserves, we’ll give the gold away for free! Thank you Ray Burke……they hit last week in Gatwick in London…..bet you….there’s more oil in the limestone deposits in Munster!
See folks, even the ground is different in NI than in ROI, the journal gave confirmed what I’ve been saying for ages :)
’50km gold seam that runs from co Armagh to co Cavan.’
Taken straight from the above article.
You must feel so simple right now…
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