The backstory to Disney's IRA thriller Say Nothing

This episode was first published in November 2024.

Veteran republican Marian Price initiated legal action against streaming giant Disney+ after the release of TV drama Say Nothing, based on a book of the same name by Patrick Radden Keefe, which her lawyers say depicted her as being involved in the murder of Belfast woman Jean McConville.

Lawyers for Price, who was jailed for her part in the IRA’s London bombing campaign of 1973, said the allegation was “not based on a single iota of evidence”.

In this episode we replay an interview with Patrick Radden Keefe, recorded when Say Nothing was published in 2018.

Radden Keefe explains how he reached his conclusion that Marian Price was centrally involved in McConville's killing, along with her sister Dolours Price.

The Disney dramatisation of Say Nothing has brought the stories of the Price sisters and Jean McConville to a new global audience.

"Such allegations published on an international scale are not only unjustified, but they are odious insofar as they seek to cause our client immeasurable harm in exchange for greater streaming success. Our client has now been forced to initiate legal proceedings to hold Disney to account for their actions", Prices lawyers said.

Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by John Casey.

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