Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

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Trespasses by Louise Kennedy: 10:  Just Bad Luck

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Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set in 1970s Belfast.

Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles. Is Cushla really the link between Michael's murder and Tommy's arrest?

Faith and politics collide in Louise Kennedy's tender and shocking love story, set on the outskirts of 1970s Belfast.

Cushla Lavery is a teacher at a Catholic primary school by day, and helps out at the family bar by night. When barrister Michael Agnew, older, married and Protestant, walks into the pub on a quiet February night, their lives will be changed forever. This is no ordinary love story. In a country divided by the Troubles, tensions are rising and simple acts of kindness have deep consequences for Cushla and her family.

In this final episode: is Cushla really the link between Michael's shocking murder and Tommy's arrest?

Writer: Louise Kennedy
Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett

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Politics and faith collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.

Politics and religion collide in Louise Kennedy's tender and shocking love story, set on the outskirts of 1970s Belfast. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg.

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