Ransom ’79 review: Charlie Bird and the £5m plot to blackmail the Irish government

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Much-loved RTÉ journalist left a fascinating piece of semi-finished business when he died earlier this year

earlier this year. This film details his researches into a little-reported plot to blackmail the government in the grim late 1970s. Inevitably, as Bird encounters increasingly debilitating symptoms of motor neuron disease, there is some crossover with the 2022 documentary. He is, at this stage, using ingeniously effective voice-generation software. We learn about difficulties in swallowing. But the key focus remains the evocation of a fetid period.

The film explains how the authorities and the apparent ecoterrorists – a term not yet in vogue – communicated via personal advertisements in The Irish Times. At the heart of all this was confusion about how seriously to take the threat. It is explained that three possibilities remain.

Charlie Bird’s wife Claire on his last story: ‘I will try to live my life without this great man beside me’

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