Dublin Sunday Independent reporter Veronica Guerin (Blanchett) exposes some of the city's most powerful underworld leaders, whatever the cost...

Based on actual events.

In the mid-1990s, Dublin was nothing short of a war zone, with a few powerful drug lords battling for control. Their most fearsome opponent was not the police but the courageous Veronica Guerin (Blanchett), who investigated and exposed the "pushers", balancing her home and family against her responsibility to her readers and her country. Because of her intense efforts, she became a national folk heroine and changed Ireland forever.